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Sansom, Odette (1912–1995)Hero of the French Resistance, known only as Odette, who worked for the British War Department during World War II and, when captured and tortured by the Nazis, refused to divulge classified information. Name variations: Odette Hallowes; Odette Churchill; (code names) Odette Matayer, Céline, Lise.
Hallowes had already been awarded the Croix de Guerre for his “cloak and dagger” actions, while Odette had received the Légion d’Honneur and the MBE. A biographical film, Odette, starring Anna Neagle, was released in 1950 and the two women became firm friends. Odette died in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, on March 13 1995, aged eighty-two.
17 de mar. de 1995 · Odette Hallowes became a national heroine for her work with French wartime Resistance, and for standing up to torture by the Gestapo. She was born Odette Brailly, in 1912 in Amiens, where her ...
Odette Marie Léonie Céline Hallowes, GC, MBE (née Brailly; 28 April 1912 – 13 March 1995), also known as Odette Churchill and Odette Sansom, code named Lise, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during the Second World War.
Odette Hallowes, World War II Heroine. July 1944, Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, Germany: Odette paused to take one last, long look at the beautiful blue sky above, intentionally drawing its light deep into her soul. The moment did not last long before she was abruptly shoved into Ravensbruck’s underground bunker.
Odette Sansom Hallowes GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur (28 April 1912—13 March 1995) was an Allied heroine of the Second World War. She was born Odette Marie Céline Brailly in Amiens, France, the daughter of the First World War hero, Gaston Brailly, who was killed at Verdun in 1918. At seven, she caught polio, and spent a year blind and another without the movement of her limbs ...
6 de mar. de 2020 · Odette Hallowes, from Red Ball in Somerset, was awarded the George Cross, an MBE and the French Légion d'honneur for her role as a Special Operations Executive and spy in occupied France.
