Name
Nydia Westman
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1902-02-19
Deathday
1970-05-23 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nydia Eileen Westman (February 19, 1902 – May 23, 1970) was an American actress and singer of stage, screen and television.
Westman's parents, Theodore and Lily (Wren) Westman were active in vaudeville in her native New York City. In addition to their working together on stage, her mother was a writer and her father was a composer. She attended the Professional Children's School.
Her sisters, Lolita and Neville were actresses, and her brother, Theodore (d. November 20, 1927), was an actor and playwright.
Westman's career ranged from episodic appearances on TV series such as That Girl and Dragnet and uncredited bit roles in movies to appearances in groundbreaking films (such as Craig's Wife, which starred Rosalind Russell, and the first film version of Little Women.
Westman's screen debut came in Strange Justice (1922). She appeared in 31 films in the 1930s.
She appeared as the housekeeper Mrs. Featherstone in the 1962–1963 ABC series, Going My Way, which starred Gene Kelly and Leo G. Carroll as Roman Catholic priests in New York City.
Westman's first Broadway play was Pigs (1924); her last was Midgie Purvis (1961).
She broke ground on stage, debuting the role of Nell off-Broadway in Samuel Beckett's Endgame, for which she won one of the first Obie awards.
Westman was married to Robert Sparks, a producer, from 1930 until 1937; they had a daughter, actress Kate Williamson, born on September 19, 1931.
Westman died of cancer at the age of sixty-eight in Burbank, California.
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- 1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken as Mrs. Cobb
- 1948 The Velvet Touch as Susan Crane
- 1933 Little Women as Mamie
- 1939 The Cat and the Canary as Cicily
- 1934 One Night of Love as Muriel
- 1935 Dressed to Thrill as Anne Trepied
- 1966 The Swinger as Aunt Cora
- 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy as Maybelle
- 1938 Bulldog Drummond's Peril as Gwen Longworth
- 1932 Manhattan Tower as Miss Wood
- 1934 Manhattan Love Song as Annette
- 1939 When Tomorrow Comes as Lulu
- 1933 From Hell to Heaven as Sue Wells
- 1933 Bondage as Irma
- 1936 Pennies from Heaven as Slavey - Hotel Maid
- 1940 Hullabaloo as Lulu Perkins
- 1934 Success at Any Price as Dinah McCabe
- 1935 A Feather in Her Hat as Emily Judson
- 1934 Two Alone as Corie
- 1932 Strange Justice as Gwen
- 1938 The First Hundred Years as Midge
- 1934 Sweet Adeline as Nellie
- 1936 Craig's Wife as Mazie
- 1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night as Mae
- 1933 King of the Jungle as Sue
- 1966 The Chase as Mrs. Henderson
- 1934 Ladies Should Listen as Susi Flamberg
- 1941 The Bad Man as Angela Hardy
- 1963 For Love or Money as Milo's Wife
- 1937 When Love Is Young as 'Dotty' Leonard
- 1936 Three Live Ghosts as Peggy 'Peg' Woofers
- 1967 The Reluctant Astronaut as Aunt Zana
- 1935 Captain Hurricane as Gertie
- 1962 Don't Knock the Twist as Amy
- 1940 Forty Little Mothers as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
- 1970 Rabbit, Run as Mrs. Smith
- 1943 Hers to Hold as Nurse Willing
- 1947 The Late George Apley as Jane Willing
- 1942 The Remarkable Andrew as Miss Van Buren
- 1944 Her Primitive Man as Aunt Penolope
- 1933 Cradle Song as Sister Sagrario
- 1937 Bulldog Drummond's Revenge as Gwen Longworth
- 1943 Princess O'Rourke as Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
- 1942 They All Kissed the Bride as Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
- 1933 The Way to Love as Annette
- 1956 Bloomer Girl as Serena Applegate
- 1938 The Goldwyn Follies as Ada
- 1934 The Trumpet Blows as Carmela Ramirez
- 1936 The Invisible Ray as Briggs (uncredited)
- 1936 Rose Bowl as Susie Reynolds
- 1941 The Chocolate Soldier as Liesel - Maid
- 1950 The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland as White Queen
- 1964 Mail Order Bride as Salvation Army Band Member (uncredited)
- 1966 Family Affair ( 1 episode )
- 1965 F Troop ( 1 episode )
- 1964 The Munsters ( 1 episode )
- 1966 That Girl ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Route 66 ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Ivy Stanton
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Miss Twink
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Going My Way ( 30 episodes ) as Mrs. Featherstone
- 1963 The Farmer's Daughter ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Lancer ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Hammond
- 1958 The Donna Reed Show ( 1 episode )
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 2 episodes )
- 1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode )
- 1960 The Roaring 20's ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Alice Hoyt
- 1964 The Addams Family ( 1 episode ) as Miss Morrison
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Ida Maye
- 1967 The Second Hundred Years ( 1 episode ) as Maud
