Mary Bancroft, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMary Bancroft
American writer
Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1903
Date of Death: 10-Jan-1997
Profession: novelist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Mary Bancroft
- Mary Bancroft (October 29, 1903, Boston – January 10, 1997, New York City) was an American novelist and spy and a member of the Bancroft family, which at one time owned Dow Jones & Company.
- In 1942, while living in Switzerland, Bancroft was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services, and both worked and had a romantic relationship with Allen Dulles.
- Her most important work was with Hans Bernd Gisevius, a German military intelligence officer who supplied her with details of the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler.
- After the war, Bancroft settled in New York and became a novelist.
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