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Mon, 07 May 2012 10:57:51 GMT | By Maureen O'Hare
The golden age of Cannes

1954: Scandal on the beach

1954: Scandal on the beach (© Sipa Press / Rex Features)
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  • Brigitte Bardot 1953 (© SIPA / Rex Features)
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  • Kirk Douglas & Brigitte Bardot (© Sipa Press / Rex Features)
  • Pablo Picasso (© Sipa Press / Rex Features)
  • 1954: Scandal on the beach (© Sipa Press / Rex Features)
  • 1955: Amazing Grace (© Sipa Press / Rex Features)
  • 1959: Sophia Loren (© Sipa Press / Rex Features)
  • Bonjour Lolita (© Roger-Viollet / Rex Features)
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B-movie actress Simone Silva made headlines around the world in 1954 when she posed topless with Robert Mitchum. Tragically, Silva died of a stroke just three years later, at the age of 29.

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