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Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod ( née Zelle, Dutch: [mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː ɣeːrˈtrœydaː ˈzɛlə]; 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari ( / ˈmɑːtə ˈhɑːri / MAH-tə HAR-ee, Dutch: [ˈmaːtaː ˈhaːri]; Indonesian for 'sun', lit. 'eye of the day' ), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Ge...
Jun 20, 2024 · Mata Hari (born August 7, 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands—died October 15, 1917, Vincennes, near Paris, France) was a Dutch dancer and courtesan whose name has become a synonym for the seductive female spy. She was shot by the French on charges of spying for Germany during World War I.
Nov 24, 2009 · Mata Hari, the dancer and spy, is executed for espionage by a French firing squad outside of Paris. She was accused of acting as a double agent for the French and Germans...
Oct 13, 2017 · Margaretha Zelle, a.k.a. “Mata Hari,” an exotic dancer and convicted spy, met her end at age 41 at the hands of a firing squad outside Paris 100 years ago on Oct. 15, 1917.
Nov 27, 2021 · Mata Hari, the archetype of the seductive female spy, was a professional dancer and mistress who became a spy for France during World War I. Suspected of being a double agent, she was executed in 1917 under charges of espionage for Germany.
Oct 24, 2017 · It’s exactly a century since Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad, having been convicted of spying for Germany.
Oct 15, 2017 · In the early hours of Oct. 15, 1917, Mata Hari — one of the most famous spies of the 20th century — was shaken awake in her prison cell. Her time had come.
Oct 13, 2017 · Mata Hari in 1906, soon after the Dutchwoman reinvented herself as an exotic dancer. Inspired by dances she had seen in the Dutch East Indies, she took a stage name that means “eye of the day” in...
Nov 16, 2009 · In Paris, France, on July 25, 1917, the exotic dancer Mata Hari is sentenced to death by a French court for spying on Germany’s behalf during World War I.
From Greta Garbo's Mata Hari (1931) to Jeanne Moreau's Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964), the combination of cold-blooded spy, evil maneater and bewitching femme fatale has an irresistible Hollywood appeal.