Mimi Labonq
| Mimi Labonq | |
|---|---|
| 'Allo 'Allo! character | |
| First appearance | "Good Staff Are Hard to Find" |
| Last appearance |
"A Winkle in Time" The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! |
| Portrayed by | Sue Hodge |
| Information | |
| Occupation |
Café Waitress Resistance Agent |
| Nationality | French |
Mimi Labonq is a fictional character on the BBC situation comedy 'Allo 'Allo!. She first appeared in the fourth season, and stayed with the show until the end.
Mimi (played by Sue Hodge) is small, blonde and athletic, and passionately hates Germans. She used to be a Resistance gang leader in Paris before she became a waitress. René Artois, her employer, has to remonstrate with her about her enthusiasm for German-killing: "If you poison them here, people will think that it was our food that did it!" Besides homicide, her talents include singing, which provokes some friction with René's wife Edith Melba Artois. When she started appearing on the show, she was mostly portrayed as stiff and rarely even smiled. She eventually became more easygoing as the story went on.
Like the other waitresses, Mimi is soon having an affair with René, and is not above being taken upstairs by patrons of René's café. At one point, she comes across a large amount of money that does not belong to her, and observes: "A good girl would not even think of taking this money – good thing I'm a tart!" as she helps herself to a good share of the cash.
After the war, she seems to have stayed on at the cafe.