Geraldine Newman is an English

England

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 film

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 and television

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 actress who has acted in more than 30 television programmes and films.

Her most notable television performance was on the sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles

Ever Decreasing Circles

Ever Decreasing Circles is a British situation comedy which ran on BBC1 for four series from 1984 to 1989.It was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, and reunited them with Richard Briers, the star of their previous hit show, The Good Life. It was much less brash than most situation comedies,...

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Biography

Geraldine Newman was born in Brighton

Brighton

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, Sussex

Sussex

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 in 1934.

She is best known for her role as Hilda Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV series, Ever Decreasing Circles

Ever Decreasing Circles

Ever Decreasing Circles is a British situation comedy which ran on BBC1 for four series from 1984 to 1989.It was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, and reunited them with Richard Briers, the star of their previous hit show, The Good Life. It was much less brash than most situation comedies,...

which ran from 1984 to 1987 with a special, extended Christmas

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 series finale

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 in December 1989.

She was married to fellow English actor

Actor

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, David Garth, who was 14 years her senior, until his death in 1988.

She continues to work actively in the media

Mass media

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Films

Year	Title	Role
1970	All the Way Up	Makepiece's Secretary
1997	Breakout	Neighbour

Television

Year	Title	Role
1962–1966	Dr. Finlay's Casebook Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV & radio) Dr. Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella entitled Country Doctor, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s...	Mary Davidson
1964	Crossroads	Constance Merrow
1969–1970	Dear Mother...Love Albert Dear Mother...Love Albert Dear Mother...Love Albert later retitled Albert! was a successful British sitcom broadcast between September 1969 and June 1972. It was created by and starred Rodney Bewes. Bewes co-wrote and produced the series with Derrick Goodwin...	Mrs. McKewan
1977	Backs to the Land Backs to the Land Backs to the Land is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1977 to 1978. Starring Philippa Howell, Terese Stevens and Marilyn Galsworthy, Backs to the Land is set during World War II. It was written by David Climie...	Miss Rainbow
1979	Lovely Couple	Madge Dent
1984–1989	Ever Decreasing Circles Ever Decreasing Circles Ever Decreasing Circles is a British situation comedy which ran on BBC1 for four series from 1984 to 1989.It was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, and reunited them with Richard Briers, the star of their previous hit show, The Good Life. It was much less brash than most situation comedies,...	Hilda Hughes
1985–1986	Mapp & Lucia	Grosvenor
1987	Sleeping Murder Miss Marple (TV series) Miss Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It starred Joan Hickson in the title role, and aired from 1984 to 1992. All twelve original Miss Marple Christie novels have been dramatised. The screenplays were written by T. R...	Janet Erskine
1993	Keeping Up Appearances Keeping Up Appearances Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. Centred on the life of eccentric, social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket , the sitcom portrays a social hierarchy-ruled British society...	Women's Institute chairlady

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