People: Dec. 24, 1965

"Aren't you tired of being called a sex kitten?" asked a feline voice above the press conference din in Manhattan's Plaza Hotel. Brigitte Bardot, 31, stuck out her chin and quite a bit of the rest of her, and allowed that she just "adored" the title. In the U.S. for the first time to heat up publicity for her new movie, Viva Maria, B.B. put on her sexy behavior and a bra for the occasion. "Will you ever marry again?" a questioner hollered, and Brigitte explained, "I think better without husbands." When one catty...

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