'Eternal BB': French newspapers on late actress Brigitte Bardot

French newspapers devoted their front pages on Monday (December 29) to legendary French actress Brigitte Bardot, who died on Sunday (December 28) at the age of 91.

Hailed as "eternal BB," "legendary" or “elusive icon” by French newspapers, Bardot died at her home in Saint-Tropez, southern France. The cause was not immediately known. 

The French actress shot to international fame dancing the mambo barefoot in "And God Created Woman," her tousled hair and fierce energy radiating a sexual magnetism rarely before seen in mainstream cinema.

Bardot, often referred to in France simply as "B.B." whose later years were marked by animal rights campaigns and far-right political sympathies, made the last of her 42 films in 1973. Disenchanted with the industry, she declared the world of cinema "rotten" and left public life.

Production: Clotaire Achi, Lauren Bacquie/Reuters