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Hede Massing

Austrian actor and soviet spy (1900-1981) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 81

Hede Tune Massing, née "Hedwig Tune", was an Austrian actress in Vienna and Berlin, communist, and Soviet intelligence operative in Europe and the United States during the 1930s and 1940s. After World War II, she defected from the Soviet underground.

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She came to prominence by testifying in the second case of Alger Hiss in 1949; later, she published accounts about the underground.

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1981 · aged 81