Geraldine Newman Geraldine Newman Geraldine Newman (born 18 February 1934) is an English film and television actress who has acted in more than 30 television programmes and films. Her most notable television performance was in the sitcom "Ever Decreasing Circles". Newman attended drama school in Brighton. She is best known for her role as Hilda Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV series, "Ever Decreasing Circles" which ran from 1984-87 with a special, extended Christmas series finale in December 1989. She was married to fellow English actor, David Garth, who was 14 years her senior, until his death in 1988. She continues to
Howard Hughes treated Hughes after his 1946 aircraft crash, was chairman of the institute's medical advisory committee. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute's new board of trustees sold Hughes Aircraft in 1985 to General Motors for $5.2 billion, allowing the institute to grow dramatically. The deal was the topic of a protracted legal battle between Hughes and the Internal Revenue Service, which Hughes ultimately won. After his death in 1976, many thought that the balance of Hughes' estate would go to the institute, although it was ultimately divided among his cousins and other heirs, given the lack of a will to the contrary.