Mata Hari
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Promiscuous, flirtatious, and openly flaunting her body, Mata Hari captivated her audiences and was an overnight success from the debut of her act at the Musée Guimet on 13 March 1905. [19] She became the long-time mistress of the millionaire industrialist Émile Étienne Guimet, who had founded the Musée.
Sep 11, 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 · In the view of Russell Warren Howe, author of Mata Hari: The True Story, “The legend far surpasses the woman.” Born in 1876 in the Netherlands, she was the daughter of a once-prosperous hat ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Mata Hari was a professional dancer and mistress who accepted an assignment to spy for France in 1916. Hired by army captain Georges Ladoux, agreeing to pass military information gleaned from her...
Oct 20, 2017 · On October 15 1917, Margaretha “Margreet” Zelle — better known as the oriental dancer Mata Hari — was executed by the French as a German spy. Today Mata Hari is more a byword than a person.
Oct 14, 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”...
