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 ˈɦaːri]; Indonesian for 'sun', lit. 'eye of the day'), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germa...

2025年2月12日 · 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.

At the age of 29, the Frisian girl Margaretha is an outright media hype in Paris. As Mata Hari, she captivates society audiences with her exotic dance, slowly baring her body. The newspapers can’t stop writing about this sensation. For ten successful years, her name has been synonymous with sensuality and glamour.

2017年10月15日 · 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.

In its long history as a women’s prison, Saint-Lazare had no more famous inmate than the ill-fated Mata Hari. Executed by the French as a German spy in 1917, the dancer and courtesan remains an exotic and mythical figure in the history of modern espionage.

2014年4月2日 · Mata Hari 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.

2018年5月21日 · Mata Hari was accused of causing the deaths of more than fifty thousand Allied soldiers by passing vital secrets to the Germans. She was convicted unanimously and sentenced to death. She spent almost three more months in prison before she was taken out of her cell and shot by a firing squad.

2016年9月10日 · Compelling reading, Shipman's book sees Mata Hari as an expert manipulator who was tried in a kangaroo court in part because of her sexual independence as well as doctored evidence. Russell Warren Howe, who wrote Mata Hari, the True Story, was one of the first to see Mata Hari's judicial files, the evidence of her incompetence as a spy for ...

2015年3月6日 · Mata-Hari was born plain Margaret Gertrud Zeller. Mata-Hari found fame in World War One as a spy who was shot by the French for spying for the Germans. Mata-Hari meant ‘Eye of the Morning’.

2024年7月23日 · Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, is one of history’s most enigmatic and controversial figures. Known primarily for her role as an exotic dancer and a World War I spy, her life was a complex web of glamour, mystery, and tragedy.