French movie actress Brigitte Bardot, whose sexy 1950s and ’60s look defined beauty for generations of men and women and who later became a world-renowned animal rights activist, has died at age 91.

PARIS—Brigitte Bardot, the French actress whose sultry performances seduced viewers and who became an emblem of women’s sexual liberation in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. She was 91 years old. The ...