Mata Hari, exotic dancer and convicted spy, made her name synonymous with femme fatale during World War I.

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Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida (Grietje) Zelle (7 August 1876, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands – 15 September 1917, Vincennes, France), a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I. ^[1] A stage name, also called a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musicians, djs, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1876 Pick up Sticks(MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Leeuwarden ( (help· info), Frisian: Ljouwert) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Friesland. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... This article is about the city in France. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A courtesan in mid-16th century usage was a high-class prostitute or mistress, especially one associated with rich, powerful, or upper-class men who provided luxuries and status in exchange for her services. ... The Third of May by Francisco Goya Execution by firing squad is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in times of war. ... Spy and Secret agent redirect here. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Life

Background

Margaretha Zelle was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland in the Netherlands, to Adam Zelle, owner of a hat store, and Antje van der Meulen, both born and raised in Friesland ^[2]. When she was 6, the family moved to Leiden. In 1891 her mother died and her father went bankrupt. At 18 Margaretha married a Dutch naval officer named Rudolf MacLeod in Amsterdam. They moved to Java and had two children. Their son died in 1899, possibly of complications relating to the treatment of syphilis contracted from his parents, though the family claimed he was poisoned by an irate servant. After moving back to the Netherlands, the couple divorced in 1903, with Rudolf retaining custody of his daughter, who died at the young age of 21, also possibly from complications relating to syphilis. ^[3] Leeuwarden ( (help· info), Frisian: Ljouwert) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Friesland. ... Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ... Leyden redirects here. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Java island. ...

That year, Margaretha moved to Paris, where she performed as a circus horse rider and went by the name Lady MacLeod. Struggling to earn a living, she also worked as an artist's model. This article is about the capital of France. ...

In 1905, she began to win fame as an exotic Oriental-style dancer. It was then that she adopted the stage name Mata Hari, the Indonesian word for 'sun' (literally "Eye of the Day"). 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... For the book by Edward Said, see Orientalism (book). ...

Promiscuous, flirtatious, and openly flaunting her body with a mystique that captivated both her audiences and the public, Mata Hari was an overnight success from the debut of her act at the Musée Guimet on March 13, 1905.^[4] (She was so successful that she became the long-time mistress of the millionaire Lyon industrialist Emile Etienne Guimet who founded the Museum.) She posed as a princess from Java of priestly Indian birth, pretending to have been initiated into the art of sacred Indian dance since childhood. In those days it was quite easy for someone possessing a flamboyant personality to invent a character, and present it as fact with a good chance of success due to the limits on telecommunications available at the time. She was photographed numerous times during this point in her career in either scant clothing, or nude. She brought this carefree provocative style to the stage in her act, which led to wide acclaim. Promiscuity is the practice of making relatively unselective, casual and indiscriminate choices. ... Guimet in his museum. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...

Although the explanations and claims made by her about her origins were total fiction, the act was spectacularly successful because it elevated exotic dance to a more respectable status, and so broke new ground in a style of entertainment for which Paris was later to become world famous. Her style and her free-willed attitude made her a very popular woman, as did her willingness to wear or perform in exotic and sexually explicit clothing. She posed for provocative photos, and mingled in wealthy circles. The terms exotic dancer and exotic dance can have different meanings in different parts of the world and depending on context. ...

Mata Hari was also a successful courtesan, and had relationships with many high-ranking military officers, politicians and others in influential positions in many countries, including France, Russia and Germany. She was not known for being remarkably beautiful, but her spirit was overflowing with eroticism. A courtesan in mid-16th century usage was a high-class prostitute or mistress, especially one associated with rich, powerful, or upper-class men who provided luxuries and status in exchange for her services. ...

In happier times prior to World War I, she had been generally viewed as an artist, a free-spirited bohemian, but as the times grew more grim she began to be seen by some as a wanton and promiscuous woman, and perhaps a dangerous seductress. Her relationships and liaisons with powerful men took her across international borders frequently, which eventually would lead to her downfall. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Bohemians are inhabitants of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. ...

Double agent

During World War I, the Netherlands remained neutral. As a Dutch subject, Margaretha Zelle was thus able to cross national borders freely. To avoid the battlefields, she travelled between France and the Netherlands via Spain and Britain, and her movements inevitably attracted attention. She was courtesan to many high-ranking allied military officers during this time. On one occasion, when interviewed by British intelligence officers, she admitted to work as an agent for French military intelligence, although the latter would not confirm her story. It is unclear if she lied on this occasion, believing the story made her sound more intriguing, or if French authorities were using her in such a way, but would not acknowledge her due to the embarrassment and international backlash it could cause. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... A courtesan in mid-16th century usage was a high-class prostitute or mistress, especially one associated with rich, powerful, or upper-class men who provided luxuries and status in exchange for her services. ... MI5 Logo. ...

Mata Hari after her arrest.

In January 1917, the German military attaché in Madrid transmitted radio messages to Berlin describing the helpful activities of a German spy, code-named H-21. French intelligence agents intercepted the messages and, from the information they contained, were able to identify H-21 as Mata Hari. Remarkably, the messages were in a code that German intelligence knew had already been broken by the French, leaving historians to suspect that the messages were contrived so that, if she was in fact working for the French, they would be able to unmask her as a double agent and effectively neutralize her. Pat Shipman's biography Femme Fatale goes so far as to argue that Mata Hari never really was a double agent, and was possibly being used as a scapegoat by the head of French counter-espionage, Georges Ladoux, who had been responsible for recruiting Mata Hari as a French spy and later was himself arrested for being a double agent. Image File history File linksMetadata Margaretha_Geertruida_Zelle_1917. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Margaretha_Geertruida_Zelle_1917. ... A military attaché is a military expert who is part of a diplomatic mission. ... Motto: (Spanish for From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: , Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jimémez (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... In the context of cryptography, a code is a method used to transform a message into an obscured form, preventing those not in on the secret from understanding what is actually transmitted. ... Cryptanalysis (from the Greek kryptós, hidden, and analýein, to loosen or to untie) is the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information, without access to the secret information which is normally required to do so. ... A double agent pretends to spy on a target organization on behalf of a controlling organization, but in fact is loyal to the target organization. ...

On 13 February 1917, Mata Hari was arrested in her Paris hotel room. She was put on trial, accused of spying for Germany and consequently causing the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers. She was found guilty and was executed by firing squad on 15 September 1917, at the age of 41. is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Disappearance and rumours

Mata Hari's body was not claimed by any family members and was accordingly used for medical study. Her head was embalmed and kept in the Museum of Anatomy in Paris, but in 2000, archivists discovered that the head had disappeared, possibly as early as 1954, when the museum had been relocated. Records dated from 1918 show that the museum also received the rest of the body but none of the remains could later be accounted for. Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The fact that a former exotic dancer had been executed as a spy immediately provoked many rumours. One is that she blew a kiss to her executioners, although it is more likely that she blew a kiss to her lawyer, who was a witness to the execution and a former lover of hers. Her dying words were purported to be "Merci, monsieur". Another rumour claims that, in an attempt to distract her executioners, she flung open her coat and exposed her naked body. "Harlot, yes, but traitor, never," she is reported to have said. A 1934 New Yorker article, however, reported that at her execution she actually wore "a neat Amazonian tailored suit, specially made for the occasion, and a pair of new white gloves"^[5] though another account indicates she wore the same suit, low-cut blouse and tricorn hat ensemble which had been picked out by her accusers for her to wear at trial, and which was still the only full, clean outfit which she had along in prison. ^[6] Yet another rumour had it that Mata Hari was unusually composed at the execution, refusing to be tied or blindfolded — and that this is because the firing squad was to be bribed to use blanks for a fake execution, but the plan failed. ^{[citation needed]} New Yorker may refer to: the magazine, The New Yorker a resident of New York City the hotel New Yorker a named passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad between Detroit, MI and New York, NY This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Blank cartridges, as used in nail guns Yugoslavian 7. ...

Legend and popular culture

Lene Lovich in play/musical, 1982

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Much of the enduring popularity is owed to the film entitled Mata Hari (1931) and starring Greta Garbo in the leading role. While based on real events in the life of Margaretha Zelle, the plot was largely fictional, appealing to the public appetite for fantasy at the expense of historical fact. Immensely successful as a form of entertainment, the exciting and romantic character in this film inspired subsequent generations of storytellers. Eventually, Mata Hari featured in more films, television series, and in video games — but increasingly, it is only the use of Margaretha Zelle's famous stage name that bears any resemblance to the real character. Many books have been written about Mata Hari, some of them serious historical and biographical accounts, but many of them highly speculative. Mata Hari is a 1931 pre-code film loosely based on the life of Mata Hari (the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle), a courtesan executed for espionage during WWI. The film stars Greta Garbo in the title role. ... Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-born actress during Hollywoods silent film period and part of its Golden Age. ... This article is about computer and video games. ...

Movies and television

• Phil Silvers as Sgt. Bilko, in an episode containing a skit about a female spy in the Spanish American War, refers to her as Mata Lopez.
• Doris Day portrays Mata Hari in the film The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) during a daydream sequence.
• In the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale, the fictional character Mata Bond was the daughter of Mata Hari and James Bond.
• In the 1968 Spanish comedy Operación Mata-Hari, Mata Hari (Carmen de Lirio) settles and leaves her dangerous life. Her Spanish maid (Gracita Morales) is then mistaken as her.
• In the OVA adaptation of the novel and manga series R.O.D, the character Nancy Maruhaki is said to be a clone of Mata Hari.
• Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970-72) was an ABC television series sendup of espionage drama. The cast of characters (played by chimpanzees with human voice-overs) included a female spy named Mata Hairi.
• A 1985 movie starring Sylvia Kristel, researched and directed by Curtis Harrington. [1]
• The Sex Life of Mata Hari (1989), an adult version or parody of the 1985 movie. [2]
• In The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "Demons of Deception" (1993), the 22 year old Indiana Jones meets and falls in love with Mata Hari in Paris during military leave from the front, and loses his virginity to her.
• A first-season episode of the Nickelodeon game show Legends of the Hidden Temple was entitled "The Codebook of Mata Hari." In the legend told about Mata Hari in the episode, it was said that on the day of her execution, Mata Hari refused the blindfold and instead blew kisses to her firing squad.
• Mata Hari, Mythe et Réalité d'une Espionne, a 1998 documentary film by Françoise Levie will Jill Brett and Julie Wheelwright, 56 minutes, Belgium (poster).
• Mata Hari has also been mentioned on the television series Charmed. In the episode Used Karma the character Phoebe becomes possessed by Mata Hari's spirit.
• As well Mata Hari is mentioned in the Stephen Frears -movie Mrs. Henderson Presents, where snobbish Lady Conway tells to Mrs. Henderson infiltrate to the Windmill Theatre like a delicious, but overripe Mata Hari when Mrs. Henderson has problems with the manager of theatre.
• She was portrayed by Zsa Zsa Gabor in the 1972 Frankie Howerd comedy, Up The Front.
• In the 1995 film "Father of the Bride 2", Steve Martin's character, George Banks, calls his wife Nina a, "two-timing Mata Hari" when he learns she is pregnant, claiming that they had not been intimate in six weeks.
• In the 1946 film "Notorious" by Alfred Hitchcok, Ingrid Bergman mentions Mata Hari in relation to the position she has been put in by Cary Grant.

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Books and plays

• Lene Lovich co-wrote and performed Mata Hari, a play/musical at the Lyric Hammersmith, London, UK, Oct-Nov 1982.
• In the Indiana Jones series of novels, Indiana lost his virginity to Mata Hari when he was a teenager.
• Author Kurt Vonnegut's character Howard W. Campbell, Jr. dedicates his "memoirs" to Mata Hari in the novel, Mother Night.
• The pianist Mischa Jones series of novels
• In the manga Read or Die, 'Miss Deep' is revealed to be a clone of Mata Hari.
• In the tenth book in the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, Sunny Baudelaire says "'Matahari'...which means something like, 'If I stay here, I can spy on them and find out'".
• The Red Dancer (A Life of Mata Hari) by Richard Skinner 2001
• Diane Samuels' play,'The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari'(2001) deals with Mata Hari's interrogation and execution by the French military. It was first performed at the Palace theatre in Watford in March 2002.
• In Stephen Schwartz's musical, Working, the character of Delores says she feels like Mata Hari.
• Pat Shipman wrote biography of Mata Hari, "Femme Fatale" (2007)
• Major Thomas Coulson OBE ( Officer of the British Empire ) wrote a Book titled "Mata Hari Courtesan and Spy" (1930).
• Mata Hari appears as a student-Goddess in the novel The Breath of Gods by French writer Bernard Werber.

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Music

• One of Ofra Haza's songs is entitled Mata Hari.
• Mata Hari is mentioned in "Like It or Not", a song from Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor album. ("Cleopatra had her way, Mata Hari too. Whether they were good or bad, is strictly up to you. [...] You can't have the femme without the fatale. Please don't take offense.").
• She is mentioned in the song "Shake Your Bon-Bon", a song by Latin singer Ricky Martin.
• Another mention in music comes in the Mary Prankster song "Mata Hari", discussing the reaction of society to openly sexual women.
• The song "As You Turn To Go" by The 6ths contains the lines "I know I'm not supposed to say I'm sorry, I know you've had more loves than Mata Hari."
• The Canadian ska band, The Kingpins, paid tribute to the spy in a song titled "Mata Hari" on their first full length album Watch Your Back.
• Mata Hari is mentioned in the song "Genius" by the late Warren Zevon, on his 2000 album My Ride's Here, "Mata Hari had a house in France, where she worked on all her secret plans; Men were falling for her sight unseen, she was a genius".
• The song "BYOS" by Regina Spektor mentions Mata Hari ("I met Mata Hari, She was in no hurry, The firing squad had their guns in the air.").
• The song "From One Jesus to Another" by The Mission mentions Mata Hari with the line "And anyway, if it came to a choice, I'd take Mata Hari for my bride."
• The musical Little Mary Sunshine has a number entitled "Mata Hari".
• Loved by a very small group of admirers, Norway represented in 1976 by Anna-Karina Ström, the song "Mata Hari" came 17th during the Eurovision Song Contest in the Hague. It contains the fabulous lyrics "You walked away laughing and left them alone with their shame".
• One of The Atomic Fireballs songs is entitled Mata Hari.

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Video games

• There was a video game Mata Hari by Loriciels, for Amstrad CPC (1988) and Atari ST (1989).
• Mata Hari appears as a spy in the first two games of the Shadow Hearts video game series, under her true name, though Anglicised to Margarete Gertrude Zelle. In the first game, she also joins the party early on.
• In the videogame Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater the character EVA is called a "regular mata hari" by the main character, Snake.
• dtp entertainment will publish Mata Hari worldwide under the ANACONDA label, with a Q1 2008 release date set for Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
• Mata Hari appears as a Great Spy unit in the Civilization IV expansion Beyond the Sword.

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Miscellaneous

• Bally made a "Mata Hari" pinball machine.^[7]
• In the radio series The Goon Show episode "Ned's atomic dustbin" the character Bluebottle is referred to fleetingly by the Russians as Mata hari.
• Matahari is the Indonesian word for 'sun'.
• Moura Budberg was known as "the Russian Mata Hari" for her famous affairs with Maxim Gorky and H. G. Wells.

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Bibliography

• Shipman, Pat Femme Fatale: A Biography of Mata Hari Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007, ISBN 0-297850-74-1 ISBN-13 978-0297850748 (USA edition: Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari William Morrow, 2007, ISBN 0-060817-28-3 ISBN-13 9780060817282)

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References

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• Details of the disappearance of the corpse
• "The Execution of Mata Hari, 1917," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2005)