Private Helga Geerhart
| Helga Geerhart | |
|---|---|
| 'Allo 'Allo! character | |
| First appearance | Pilot: The British Are Coming |
| Last appearance | A Winkle in Time |
| Portrayed by | Kim Hartman |
| Information | |
| Occupation | Army Private (later promoted to Lance-Corporal then demoted) |
| Nationality |
 German |
Private Helga Geerhart is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, which ran from 1982 to 1992. She was played by the actress Kim Hartman.
She is the secretary of Colonel Erich Von Strohm. She works for Captain Hans Geering and Lieutenant Gruber too, but is also very loyal to Herr Flick. She actually works as a double agent for him and is his love interest. Helga is tall, blonde, blue-eyed, and therefore a perfect example of the Nazi Aryan race. Often during special operations she is required to disguise herself. Her signature move is her way of shouting the name of anyone who is about to enter Von Strohm's study. She is often found attractive by other characters, especially by Herr Flick, who wants to marry her, but she is also very popular with General Von Klinkerhoffen. She is not afraid of taking her clothes off, always revealing various fashionable undergarments. In Swiftly and with Style concerns her silk knickers which have been stolen to repair the airmen's hot-air balloon - "Not zer vones viz zer little swastikas around zer edge?" inquires Herr Flick.
In All in Disgeese Gruber disguises himself as a woman & it is mentioned that he took Helga's clothes & that she also has a spare wig, implying that she always carries one.
She often becomes embroiled in Herr Flick's plans that usually go pear-shaped. In The Gateau from the Chateau she plans to shoot a poisonous dart but General Von Klinkerhoffen borrows the blowpipe which is disguised as a cigarette holder and ends up shooting Herr Flick instead. Luckily the antidote was applied in time.
In another episode Herr Flick questions her with a truth serum made from the Peruvian self-inflating marsh frog, which causes her breasts to inflate hugely. In another short sketch she gets too big and her clothes explode off her body revealing her silk swastika knickers before she reaches elephantine size and explodes. In Wedding Bloss she has to seduce René & it is revealed that she has three swastikas tattooed on her front. In another episode she mentions that her mother is/was a poor Bavarian strudel chopper.
In the last episode it is revealed that she is now married to Gruber and has lots of children with him.