Agnes Bernelle

Who was Agnes Bernelle?

Agnes Bernelle was an actress and singer, long-based in the UK for much of her career, although she later settled in Ireland. Her family had fled Berlin in 1936. She appeared in over 20 films and also made stage and television appearances.

Born as Agnes Elizabeth Bernauer in Berlin, she was the OSS wartime 'Black Propaganda' radio announcer codenamed "Vicki", famous for demoralizing a German U-Boat Captain into surrendering with one of her targeted broadcasts. This was the subject of the recent Channel 4 documentary Sex Bomb.