It’s a very well kept secret. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation and Bernard d’Ormale, husband of the actress and passionate about the animal cause, do not wish to develop the names of the guests before this Wednesday, the day of the star’s funeral in Saint-Tropez. So as not to do a “variety show” according to the Foundation. A hand-picked list for entry into the church and cemetery. The personalities were even asked not to communicate about their presence.
BB’s little sister, Mijanou, aged 88, is not expected to travel from Los Angeles, where she has lived for a very long time. Mijanou Bauchau – named after her husband, actor Patrick Bauchau – shared her emotion on Facebook, twice, on December 28, the day her eldest disappeared, and on the 31st, where she confided that she would respond later to the many people who sent her messages. Sami Frey, Bardot’s last great love still alive – with the exception of her husband Bernard d’Ormale obviously – 88 years old, is not expected.
His expected son
The names of Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, 65 years old, only son of Brigitte Bardot and Jacques Charrier, actor who died last September, as well as those of his two daughters and three grandchildren, appear in the death announcement. His son having settled in Oslo with his Norwegian wife in the 1980s, is therefore expected with the granddaughters and great-grandchildren of the icon of “And God created woman”.
Their faces, unknown to the public, should create intense emotion, especially since Nicolas-Jacques, long angry with his mother, had resumed relations with her and presented his granddaughters, now in their thirties and forties.
Other close friends will obviously be present such as Max Guazzini, secretary general of the Bardot Foundation at the request of his icon, a very long-time friend of this media figure who directed NRJ radio and chaired the Stade Français during his heyday in the Top 14 rugby.
Another long-time close friend, Chico, from the Gipsy Kings, will also be present. In the 80s, the gypsy group and the Queen of Saint-Tropez were very close: she launched them at Homeric parties in Saint-Tropez, and between the musicians and the former actress and dancer in her adolescence – who even performed incognito with them – each went to each other’s birthdays, in the Camargue as in Saint-Tropez.
Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, pioneer of the animal cause and former companion of the “Contempt” actress, will obviously be present for the last farewell to the one with whom he has always remained close since their meeting in the mid-1970s. Just like Paul Watson, the Canadian environmental activist, who is 75 years old, was also from the 1970s one of the first advisors to the star in her new life as a defender of animal welfare. He had accompanied him on his first trip to the ice floe to save the baby seals. And he was there again in May 2025 for the screening of a documentary on BB at the Cannes Film Festival. Journalist Wendy Bouchard will also accompany the final journey of one of the best-known French personalities in the world.
Marine Le Pen, but not Emmanuel Macron
On the political side, this is the great unknown, apart from the presence of Marine Le Pen, which the latter herself announced. Brigitte Bardot always supported her, even comparing her to “a new Joan of Arc”, and her husband Bernard d’Ormale was an advisor to Jean-Marie Le Pen.
We do not know if other figures from the National Rally, such as Jordan Bardella, whom BB appreciated without knowing him, will be present. We are also talking about the presence of Eric Ciotti. But it is certain that the Brigitte Bardot Foundation will be very careful not to transform this sacred moment into political communion any more than into a variety show. Many artists without any particular political coloring are expected.
President Emmanuel Macron will not be there. His relations with the star, who found him “the beauty of an actor” but never forgave him for his deafness to his demands, such as the creation of a Ministry of Animal Welfare, cooled very quickly after his election. Brigitte Macron should not participate in the tribute to the other Brigitte either.
Many surprises were not revealed in this ceremony announced without “fuss”, but where music could be present. To honor the singer of “La Madrague”, who will be buried in the Saint-Tropez marine cemetery, just opposite her property, which she bequeathed to her Foundation a long time ago.