(FILES)--An April 1, 1964 image of French actress Brigitte Bardot holding a parrot, in Rio de Janeiro. Carefree sensuality oozed from every pore as Brigitte Bardot, who turns 80 on September 28, 2014 mamboed her way to fame, leaving men weak at the knees and drawing a generation of liberated young women in her wake. Half a century on, the big wispy hair and hourglass silhouette immortalised by the 1950s sex symbol still inspire designers the world over, though the real-life Bardot has long abandoned the limelight in favour of animal rights activism. AFP PHOTO/STR