Editing Brigitte Bardot (section)

==Early life==
Bardot was born on 28 September 1934 in the [[15th arrondissement of Paris]] to Louis Bardot (1896–1975) and Anne-Marie Mucel (1912–1978).{{sfn|Bardot|1996|p=15}} Bardot's father, who originated from [[Ligny-en-Barrois]], was an engineer and the proprietor of several industrial factories in Paris.<ref name="Lorrain">{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224142/http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/actualite/2010/05/23/brigitte-bardot-j-en-ai-les-larmes-aux-yeux |url=http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/actualite/2010/05/23/brigitte-bardot-j-en-ai-les-larmes-aux-yeux |title=Brigitte Bardot: 'J'en ai les larmes aux yeux' |work=[[Le Républicain Lorrain]] |language=fr |date=23 May 2010 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=6}} Her mother was the daughter of an insurance company director.{{sfn|Bigot|2014|p=12}} She grew up in a conservative [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] family, as had her father.{{sfn|Bigot|2014|p=11}}<ref name="Observer_outrageous">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/20/brigitte-bardot-at-80-still-outrageous-outspoken |title=Brigitte Bardot at 80: still outrageous, outspoken and controversial |first=Agnès |last=Poirier |work=[[The Observer]] |date=20 September 2014 |access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> She suffered from [[amblyopia]] as a child, which resulted in [[decreased vision]] of her left eye.{{sfn|Lelièvre|2012|p=18}} She has one younger sister, [[Mijanou Bardot]].{{sfn|Bardot|1996|p=45}}

Bardot's childhood was prosperous; she lived in her family's seven-bedroom apartment in the luxurious [[16th arrondissement of Paris|16th arrondissement]].<ref name="Observer_outrageous"/>{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=10}} However, she recalled feeling resentful in her early years.{{sfnm|Bardot|1996|1p=45|Singer|2006|2p=10–14}} Her father demanded that she follow strict behavioural standards, including good table manners, and wear appropriate clothes.{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=10–12}} Her mother was highly selective in choosing companions for her, so Bardot had very few childhood friends.{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=10–11}} Bardot cited a personal traumatic incident when she and her sister broke her parents' favourite vase while they were playing in the house; her father whipped the sisters 20 times and subsequently treated them like "strangers", demanding that they address their parents by the formal pronoun "[[wikt:vous#French|vous]]", used in French when speaking to unfamiliar or higher-status persons outside the immediate family.{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=11–12}} The incident led to Bardot decisively resenting her parents and to her future rebellious lifestyle.{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=12}}

During World War II, when [[Paris in World War II|Paris was occupied]] by [[Nazi Germany]], Bardot spent more time at home due to increasingly strict civilian surveillance.{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=10}} She became engrossed in dancing to records, which her mother saw as a potential for a ballet career.{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=10}} Bardot was admitted at the age of seven to the private school [[Cours Hattemer]].{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=11}} She went to school three days a week, which gave her ample time to take dance lessons at a local studio under her mother's arrangements.{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=10–11}} In 1949, Bardot was accepted at the [[Conservatoire de Paris]]. She attended ballet classes held by Russian choreographer [[Boris Knyazev]] for three years.{{sfn|Caron|2009|p=62}} She also studied at the Institut de la Tour, a private Catholic high school near her home.<ref>{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Pigozzi |title=Bardot s'en va toujours en guerre... pour les animaux |newspaper=[[Paris Match]] |issue=January 2018 |pages=76–83}}</ref>

[[Hélène Gordon-Lazareff]], the director of the magazines ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' and ''[[Le Jardin des Modes]]'', hired Bardot in 1949 as a "junior" fashion model.{{sfn|Bardot|1996|p=67}} On 8 March 1950, 15-year-old Bardot appeared on the cover of ''Elle'', which brought her an acting offer for the film ''Les Lauriers sont coupés'' from director [[Marc Allégret]].{{sfn|Singer|2006|p=19}} Her parents opposed her becoming an actress, but her grandfather was supportive, saying that "If this little girl is to become a whore, cinema will not be the cause."{{efn-ua|Original quote: "''Si cette petite doit devenir putain ou pas, ce ne sera pas le cinéma qui en sera la cause''."{{sfn|Bardot|1996|p=68–69}}}} At the audition, Bardot met [[Roger Vadim]], who later notified her that she did not get the role.{{sfn|Bardot|1996|p=69}} They subsequently fell in love.{{sfn|Bardot|1996|p=70}} Her parents fiercely opposed their relationship; her father announced to her one evening that she would continue her education in England and that he had bought her a train ticket for the following day.{{sfn|Bardot|1996|p=72}} Bardot reacted by putting her head into an oven with open fire; her parents stopped her and ultimately accepted the relationship, on condition that she marry Vadim at the age of 18.{{sfnm|Bardot|1996|1p=73|Singer|2006|2p=22}}