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The idea of a beautiful exotic dancer using her powers of seduction as a spy made her name synonymous with the femme fatale. Her story has inspired books, films, and other works.
Oct 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.
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Oct 24, 2017 · For decades afterwards, Mata Hari was held up as the archetypal temptress: the she-devil who proved that sexually confident women deserved to be punished.
- Mata Hari is not the name she was given at birth. Mata Hari was a stage name taken on by a woman born in the Netherlands as Margaretha Zelle, on 7 August 1876.
- She found her husband in a newspaper advert. Margaretha exchanged the surname Zelle for MacLeod in 1895, when she married an officer of the Dutch East India company, Rudolf MacLeod.
- She lost both of her children. In 1899, two-year-old Norman died after reportedly being poisoned by a nanny. His sister narrowly survived. After the tragedy, the MacLeod family returned to the Netherlands.
- She became famous as ‘oriental’ dancer Mata Hari. After separating from her husband, Margaretha searched for work in Paris. After respectable routes as a ladies’ companion, piano tutor and German tutor proved fruitless, she returned to exploiting the aspect of herself which she had used to get a husband.
Oct 15, 2017 · Born Margarethe Zelle in 1876, Mata Hari (the name is said to come from the Indonesian for 'eye of the day' - the sun) had an extraordinary and tragic life.
Jun 18, 2019 · Mata Hari (August 7, 1876–October 15, 1917) was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was arrested by the French and executed for espionage during World War I. After her death, her stage name "Mata Hari" became synonymous with spying and espionage.
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Born Margarethe Zelle in 1876, Mata Hari (the name is said to come from the Indonesian for 'eye of the day' - the sun) had an extraordinary and tragic life.
