Ginette Vincendeau is Professor of Film Studies at King's College London . She is the editor of the BFI/Cassell Encyclopedia of European Cinema, and the author of The Companion to French Cinema (BFI/Cassell 1996) and Pépé le Moko (BFI, 1998).

Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter one covers Bardot's training as a ballet dancer and early career as a fashion model, and rise to stardom.
Chapter Two
Chapter two examines Bardot's roles and performance style in the films she made during her period of 'high stardom' between 1956 and 1960.
 
Chapter Three
Chapter three examines the second half of Bardot's cinematic career, from 1960 to her last film in 1973, when she took the decistion to stop acting.
Chapter Four
Chapter four examines Bardot's long post-cinematic celebrity, which has clearly outlived her 'retirement' in 1973.
Conclusion
Appendices:
Filmography
Box-office figures for Bardot's films
Bibliography