Brigitte Bardot, the iconic international screen siren who retired from acting to become an animal rights activist, died Sunday, according to a representative from animal protection charity The Brigit...

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Tributes to Brigitte Bardot, an icon of French cinema, poured in on Sunday following the announcement of her death at the age of 91.

By then Bardot had tried to cross over and attain the mantle of a serious actress with such films as Jean-Luc Godard’s “Contempt,” but met with only limited success.