Odette Hallowes

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Odette Hallowes was a celebrated French-born British Special Operations Executive agent during World War II, renowned for her bravery, resistance work in occupied France, and survival of Nazi imprisonment and torture.

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instanceOf Special Operations Executive agent
World War II veteran
human
resistance fighter
torture survivor
allegiance United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs Odette Churchill NERFINISHED
Odette Sansom NERFINISHED
awardReceived Croix de Guerre NERFINISHED
George Cross NERFINISHED
Légion d'honneur
surface form: Legion of Honour

Member of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
birthName Odette Marie Céline Brailly NERFINISHED
burialPlace St Peter’s Church, Limpsfield, Surrey NERFINISHED
citizenship France
United Kingdom
conflict World War II
countryOfBirth France
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1912-04-28
dateOfDeath 1995-03-13
decoratedFor courage in occupied France
resistance activities against Nazi Germany
detainedBy Gestapo NERFINISHED
gender female
hasChild three daughters
imprisonedAt Fresnes Prison NERFINISHED
Ravensbrück concentration camp NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
French
memberOf Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED
militaryBranch F Section, Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED
name Odette Hallowes NERFINISHED
notableFor bravery under Nazi imprisonment and torture
work as an SOE courier in France
notableWork resistance operations in occupied France
occupation courier
secret agent
placeOfBirth Amiens, France NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Anna Neagle NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Geoffrey Hallowes NERFINISHED
Peter Churchill NERFINISHED
Roy Sansom NERFINISHED
subjectOf film "Odette" NERFINISHED
survived Ravensbrück concentration camp NERFINISHED

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Odette Sansom alsoKnownAs Odette Hallowes