Julia Child was a spy!
I just read that Julia Child and a bunch of other famous people were actually recruited to be spies for the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) during World War II. The OSS was a precursor to the CIA, and attempted to create propaganda, infiltrate enemy troops, etc.
The information comes after the release of 750,000 pages of formerly classified documents detailing the activities of the OSS spy network. Some other famous people whose name can be found in those pages are John Hemingway (son of Ernest), Teddy Roosevelt’s children, Arthur Schlessinger, Jr., former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, and former Major League catcher Moe Berg.
Kind of interesting that all of these people, some 24,000 total, were part of the OSS. No wonder spy novels and movies were big at that time!