Brigitte Bardot, Icon of French Cinema, Dies at 91

French former actress Brigitte Bardot, with a seal baby, protests against seal-hunting in fecamp, northern France, on April 8, 1976. Jean-Pierre Prevel/AFP via Getty ImagesPARIS—French actress Brigitte Bardot, often referred to in France simply as “B.B.,” has died at the age of 91, her foundation said on Sunday. The cause was not immediately known.Born in Paris on Sept. 28, 1934, Bardot grew up in an upper-middle-class household. She described herself as a shy, self-conscious child who “wore spectacles and had lank hair.”