Results: I Spy... Part 1

During World War II, dancer and singer Josephine Baker regularly attended parties at embassies and consulates in occupied France, where she would flirt with high-ranking Nazi officials. Because of her celebrity, the German men would swoon over her — and sometimes begin to divulge military secrets after being plied with alcohol. Baker would later jot down notes and hide them where she hoped no one would find them: in her underwear. Baker moved to Paris in the 1920s to escape the racism she encountered in the U.S.. She became a huge star in France and was able to put that fame to good use once war erupted across Europe. Following the war, Baker was honored for her volunteer spy work with the Resistance Medal from the French Committee of National Liberation and the Croix de Guerre from the French military. She was also named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Did you know Baker worked as a spy during the war?

When he wasn't amazing audiences with his incredible escapes, Harry Houdini dabbled in espionage. He was recruited by spy master William Melville, head of an intelligence section at the British War Office. As he performed in Germany and Russia in the years leading up to World War I, the magician took note of troop movements and military equipment, filing regular intelligence briefings with London. One area of particular interest was heavier-than-air flying machines. Did you know Houdini worked as a spy for Britain?

Moe Berg, a major league baseball player from 1923 to 1939 was primarily a backup catcher, but excelled elsewhere: He spoke seven languages and had graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. During World War II, the retired catcher joined the Office of Strategic Services — predecessor of the CIA – and recruited foreign scientists to work in the United States. In 1942, his spy work nearly turned to assassination when he attended a lecture in Switzerland given by German physicist Werner Heisenberg, who worked on the Nazi nuclear weapons program. He had orders to kill Heisenberg if he had proof the Germans were close to developing an atomic bomb, but fortunately, he did not have to resort to that. Did you know Berg worked as a spy during World War II?

Germany's most famous actress in Hollywood during the 1930s was Marlene Dietrich. When war broke out in Europe, she opposed the Nazi regime and sided with her adopted country, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1941. Though not technically a spy, Dietrich volunteered to help the OSS by producing propaganda radio programs broadcast to Axis countries. Featured in those shows was Dietrich's famous song "Lili Marlene," which German soldiers were barred from listening to. After receiving many letters in protest, Nazi officials rescinded the order, and her song was played at the end of German broadcasts. Did you know this about Dietrich?