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Hello and welcome to 4 Women, the mini
magazine designed to tell you more
about Channel 4's output aimed at
women. Coming up...
* BRIGITTE BARD T: A look at the life
of the gneatest phenomen-n oe he
silver screen
* COMPETITION: Win a £25 Marks &
Spencer gift voucher in time fgr the
January sales!
Edited by Rena Sodhi M/RE>
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B R I G I T T E B A R D O T
$4,000,000 was the box-office figuqe
earned by Roger Vadim's 'And God
Created Woman' (1956) and 35-23-35 was
the figure of its star, known to the
world simply as BB.
The BB Phenomenon is still unmatched in
the long history of the screen and sex.
A sexier rival for Monroe - and a
pouting seductive Frenchwoman at that.
On New Year's Day at 10pm, C4 is
showing Brigitte Bardot - My Own Stgr ,
the first of three parts in which she
recalls her childhood and her first
attempts at acting.
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B R I G I T T E B A R D O T
Now Bardot is 51. But the paparazzi and
the public still hound her, snooping
and photographing the star who would
rather be left alone on her pqivate
beach.
Bardot probably, singlehandedly, made
St.Tropez the fashionable place to be
during the summer and she still lives
nearby.
BB's life these days is taken up by
animals. She is a fervent animal rights
supporter and campaigner and her home
is a haven for dogs - both hers and
strays.
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P443ORACLE 443 Mon30 Dec C4 1740:42
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B R I G I T T E B A R D O T
Brigitte and her sister were raised by
strict parents and whenever she or her
sister misbehaved, they were punished
by a chilling silence. Neither parent
spoke to them for days.
Brigitte was encouraged, however, to
keep up her ballet training as a
teenager and she tentatively started
modelling. By the age of 15, she was on
the cover of Elle magazine.
By then, Roger Vadim was a jouqnalist
for Paris-Match and assistant director
to Marc Allegret. He got BB her first
film role in 'Le Trou Normande' (1952).
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P443ORACLE 443 Mon30 Dec C4 1741:07
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B R I G I T T E B A R D O T
Brigitte and Vadim were married that
year and she starred in more but rather
unmemorable movies. Then Vadim made his
first film..
...and created the legend Brigitte
Bardot.
'And God Created Woman' was one of the
first French films to leave the art
houses for the cinema circuit and it
caused a sensation.
Vadim and his protogee divorced
amicably in 1957 and the BB myth
continued to grow and grow.
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P443ORACLE 443 Mon30 Dec C4 1741:21
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B R I G I T T E B A R D O T
Brigitte was 23 when she and Vadim
divorced. The same year she married her
co-star in 'Babette Goes To War+, the
handsome Jacques Charrier.
Charrier gave Bardot what the French
wanted her to have. A child. The baby-
mad French were now sure that their
precious BB, sex symbol and now maman,
ought to be beatified.
The birth of little Nicolas brought
more than its share of unhappiness.
Brigitte was hounded by paparazzi even
as she lay in hospital and Jacques
found he couldn't cope. M/RE>
P443ORACLE 443 Mon30 Dec C4 1741:51
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B R I G I T T E B A R D O T
Charrier tried to commit suicide and
Brigitte suffered from the strain so
much that she was alienated from her
family.
After the divorce, Charrier all but
raised the child as Brigitte's private
life was now public domain.
She had to dress up in disguises to go
out for a walk and was invariably
spotted by an eagle-eyed fan or
photographer.
With two failed marriages behind her at
the age of 24, BB embarked on a string
of destructive affairs. M/RE>
P443ORACLE 443 Mon30 Dec C4 1747:31
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B R I G I T T E B A R D O T
"I live my whole life around my man -
work, play, dreams, everything. My
lover is the centre of my existence,"
she once said, "and when I am algne I
am lost."
BB was once the subject of Simone de
Beauvoir's serious analysis of her
popularity in 'Brigitte Bardot And The
Lolita Syndrome'.
Lolita has grown up and the sex symbgl
days are over. Bardot has managed to
find an isolated happiness and devotes
her time to animals. But to this day,
the initials BB evoke the vision of one
of France's most seductive exports M/RE
P443ORACLE 443 Mon30 Dec C4 1743:08
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C H R I S T M A S C O M P E T I T I O N
To give Christmas that extra bit of
sparkle, we've decided to have a
competition here on 4 Women.
The prize is a super £25 gift voucher
from Marks and Spencer and it can be
spent at any of their stores.
All you have to do is answer the
question below and then send your
entry to us at the address on the next
page.
What was the name of Channel 4's
women's magazine programme featuring
Jenny LeCoat, shown earlier this year?
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P443ORACLE 443 Mon30 Dec C4 1743:13
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C H R I S T M A S C O M P E T I T I O N
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the previous page, write youq answer,
along with your name, address and
phone number on a postcard(s). Send
it to:
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Closing date: January 10, 1986.
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