Key names were omitted from this year’s tribute to industry figures who have died over the last 12 months
This year’s Academy Awards featured an extended in memoriam section to honour the considerable number of Hollywood legends who have died over the past year.
Diane Keaton, Robert Redford and Rob Reiner were paid tribute to in standalone speeches, while Claudia Cardinale and Catherine O’Hara also had extended moments.
Yet a number of actors were not included, most prominent amongst them the icon of French cinema Brigitte Bardot, who died in December, aged 91.
The star of films including And God Created Woman, The Truth, A Very Private Affair and Contempt, the actor and singer later turned her back on the film industry and embraced the causes of animal rights activism and far-right politics.
