{{short description|British actress}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox person | image = Stockholmsmässan 2011 bild 14.jpg | image_size = | name = Kim Hartman | birth_name = Kim Lesley Hartman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|01|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England | caption = Hartman in 2011 | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1976–present | spouse = {{marriage|John Nolan|1975|2026|reason=died}} | domestic_partner = | children = 2 | relatives = | parents = | website = }}
'''Kim Lesley Hartman '''(born 11 January 1952) is an English actress, best known for her role as Private Helga Geerhart in the BBC television sitcom '''Allo 'Allo!'' (1982–1992).<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Hartman Biography|url=http://kimhartman.co.uk/KimHartman/Kim%20Hartman%20Professional%20Actress%20%20-%20Biography.htm|work=Kim Hartman Website|publisher=Shane Collins Associates|accessdate=17 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607040744/http://kimhartman.co.uk/KimHartman/Kim%20Hartman%20Professional%20Actress%20%20-%20Biography.htm|archive-date=7 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She was educated at The King's High School for Girls, Warwick.{{citation needed|date=March 2008}} and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kimhartman.co.uk/?page_id=2 |title=Biography |publisher=Kimhartman.co.uk |date= |accessdate=7 April 2015 |archive-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906233619/http://www.kimhartman.co.uk/?page_id=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In addition to ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Allo 'Allo!'', Hartman's television credits also include ''Casualty'' and ''The Brittas Empire'', ''The Kelly Monteith Show'', ''Fifteen Storeys High'', ''Miss Jones and Son'' and ''Grange Hill'' (3 series).<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.bestbritishtv.com/?p=2622 |title='Allo 'Allo! The Kim Hartman Interview |publisher=Bestbritishtv.com |date=10 February 2012 |accessdate=7 April 2015 |archive-date=12 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812051028/http://www.bestbritishtv.com/?p=2622 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Her stage work includes the West End stage production of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Allo 'Allo!'', Margaret in ''My Mother Said I Never Should'', Vera in ''Stepping Out'', Josie in ''Steaming'' (New Zealand), Philippa James in ''Double Double'', Sheila in ''Relatively Speaking'', Jacqueline in ''Don't Dress for Dinner'' (West End 1991 and New Zealand tour 1993), Alison in ''Mum's the Word'', Doris Wagstaff in the farce ''Dry Rot'', Brigit in ''Sitting Pretty'', Judith Bliss in ''Hay Fever'' and Vicky in ''My Fat Friend''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kimhartman.co.uk/?page_id=2 |title=Biography |publisher=Kim Hartman |date= |accessdate=7 April 2015 |archive-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906233619/http://www.kimhartman.co.uk/?page_id=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Radio plays include ''Lord Sky'', Mary Yellan in ''Jamaica Inn'', ''Daisy Chain'', a ''Sapphire and Steel'' audio drama and an audio book entitled ''The Worst Street in London''.
Hartman presented a travel programme shown on Travel Channel (UK), ''Cruising to the Northern Lights''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/series-info.asp?series=Cruising+to+the+Northern+Lights&ID=1422 |title=Travel Channel United Kingdom |publisher=Travelchannel.co.uk |date= |accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref>
In June 2023, Hartman appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' as Bernadette Hilsum.<ref name="1june">{{cite news |last1=Timblick |first1=Simon |title=Doctors spoilers: Scarlett Kiernan is accused of THEFT! |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-scarlett-kiernan-is-accused-of-theft |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=What to Watch |publisher=(Future plc)}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://kimhartman.co.uk/}} * {{IMDb name}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051224164832/http://www.mumsthewordtour.co.uk/Mums/hartman.htm |date=24 December 2005 |title=Kim Hartman biography at mumsthewordtour.co.uk}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20161002011903/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba213c934 Kim Hartman] at the British Film Institute{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
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