Mata Hari Bio - Mata Hari
- Constellation: Leo
- Born In: Leeuwarden, Frieslan
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- Profession:Director
- Other Names:Margaretha Geertruid
- Photos: 49
Born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle on August 7 1876, the only daughter of a Dutch hat-maker, she seemed unlikely to later become the Mata Hari, the most infamous double agent in spy history. She answered an advertisement in the local paper placed by Rudolph MacLeod, a career military man in need of a wife. Enchanted by the tall, dark, and lovely Margaretha, MacLeod married her in 1895, and moved her to Dutch-controlled Java. His wife fell in love with Java, and wore native sarongs, learned the loc