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2 unusual facts about Female Agents


Female Agents

She is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a secret spy and sabotage service initiated by Winston Churchill.

Lise de Baissac

In 2008, her life was recaptured in the French film Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre).



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Carve Her Name with Pride

Colonel Maurice Buckmaster (played by William Mervyn) was head of SOE F Section, and Vera Atkins (played by Avice Landon) was his assistant and the section's intelligence officer, with special responsibility for female agents.

Sarah Tullamore

Tullamore features as the English nurse in the 2008 French film Les Femmes de l'ombre (Female Agents), directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau.