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Mata Hari
Born Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, the Dutch exotic dancer was accused of being a double agent for the French and German armies during world war I and was executed by the French in 1917.

Melita ‘Grandma Hola’ Norwood
Agent ‘0087’ is now a great grandmother living near London. Known in her neighbourhood for her jellies, she also spied for the Soviets, smuggling out secret documents about nukes.

Sarah Emma Edmonds
Master of disguise, spy in the US Civil War. Disguised as a man called Franklin Thompson, she enlisted in an infantry company. Also ‘became’ a rebel guard, a female Irish immigrant selling apples and a black youth called Ned.

Stella Goldschlag
The Nazis knew her as "the blond ghost". Goldschlag was a young Jew who spied on her own people and worked as a ‘catcher’ searching for Jews hiding from the Gestapo in WW II.

Belle Boyd
Spied for the Confederacy in Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War. Imprisoned by the US but married a Union naval officer before the end of the war. Published her story: ‘Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison’.

What is it Hilariously satirical war novel takes a dangerously sane look at the 20th-century world. Has become a term used to describe no-win situations.

But what IS Catch 22 If you’re crazy, you’re taken out of combat duty, but first you have to ask. And if you ask to get out of combat duty, you’re not crazy.

Life vs art Like protagonist Yossarian, Heller was a B-25 bombardier. He flew 60 combat missions in Corsica in WW II.

Parenting is equal- opportunity; even celebs do it. The actress is pregnant with twins, so twice the joy—and double the nappy-changing.

A. Turned down female lead in ‘Shakespeare in Love’, ‘Basic Instinct’.

B. Changed her name from Julie to Julia when applying for Screen Actors Guild card. There was another sag member called Julie Roberts.

C. Tried out for role in TV soap ‘Bold and Beautiful’. Didn’t get it.

D. First actress to get $20 mn paycheck, for ‘Erin Brockovich’.

E.Answer C. Once tried out for a part on TV soap ‘All My Children’. Turned down.