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May 15, 2012

Vintage Cannes Slideshow: Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, David Bowie, and More

By Stella Bugbee

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Tomorrow begins the 65th Festival de Cannes, the international playground of topless starlets, experimental directors, and film-world power players. Many stars have made their debuts there, and the lucky ones — Sophia Loren, Ingrid Bergman, Monica Vitti, Brigitte Bardot, et al — have returned year after year. The combination of yachting, frolicking on the beach, and black tie galas has always provided plenty of opportunities for low-key chic (think Jane Birkin, Charlotte Rampling, or Anita Pallenberg), as well as red carpet glamour (Grace Kelly, Vanessa Redgrave, and Natalie Wood). Click through our slideshow to see some of these ladies, plus David Bowie, Mariel Hemingway, Jack Nicholson, and more living it up on the Côte d’Azur.

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Brigitte Bardot, 1953  Photo: RDA/2007 Getty Images
Jane Birkin, 1974  Photo: AFP/2011 AFP
Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero, 1967  Photo: Gilbert TOURTE/2011 Gamma-Rapho
Anouk Aimee and Pierre Barouh, 1962 
Jean-Pierre Aumont and Grace Kelly, 1955  Photo: RDA/2006 Getty Images
Charlotte Rampling, 1976  Photo: AFP/2011 AFP
Francis Ford Coppola (center) poses with his family, 1979  Photo: RDA/2007 Getty Images
David Bowie, 1978  Photo: RALPH GATTI/2011 AFP
Jayne Mansfield, 1964  Photo: Agence France Presse/2004 Getty Images
François Truffaut, Claire Maurier, and Jean-Pierre Léaud, 1959  Photo: Pix Inc./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Isabelle Huppert, 1976  Photo: Gilbert TOURTE/2011 Gamma-Rapho
Monica Vitti and Michelangelo Antonioni, 1967  Photo: Gilbert TOURTE/2011 Gamma-Rapho
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1977  Photo: -
Jean Seberg, 1971  Photo: RDA/2007 Getty Images
Catherine Deneuve and David Bailey, 1966  Photo: RDA/2006 Getty Images
Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston, 1974  Photo: Getty Images
Isabelle Adjani, 1976  Photo: Gilbert TOURTE/2011 Gamma-Rapho
George Harrison and Pattie Boyd, 1968  Photo: George Stroud/2005 Getty Images
Maria Schneider, 1975  Photo: Gilbert TOURTE/2011 Gamma-Rapho
Anita Pallenberg and Keith Richards, 1967  Photo: RDA/2007 Getty Images
Michael Caine, May 1966  Photo: RDA/2007 Getty Images
Elke Sommer, 1962  Photo: Paul Schutzer/Time & Life Pictures
Mariel Hemingway, 1979 
Left to right: Dennis Hopper, Feliciano, Peter Fonda, J. Jefferson, and Jack Nicholson, 1969  Photo: RDA/2007 Getty Images
Natalie Wood, 1962  Photo: Paul Schutzer/Time Life Pictures
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