Brigitte Bardot was one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, alongside Marilyn Monroe. She appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the 1956 film And God Created Woman and went on to dominate screens for two decades, defining what it meant to be sexy. By 1973, she had finished her final two films and retired from acting, leaving behind an illustrious career that established her as the epitome of beauty.