
Nydia Westman
Acting • Born 1902-02-19 – Died 1970-05-23
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.
Filmography
73 credits
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie • 1966
Mrs. Cobb

The Velvet Touch
Movie • 1948
Susan Crane

Little Women
Movie • 1933
Mamie

The Cat and the Canary
Movie • 1939
Cicily

One Night of Love
Movie • 1934
Muriel

Dressed to Thrill
Movie • 1935
Anne Trepied

The Swinger
Movie • 1966
Aunt Cora

The Gorgeous Hussy
Movie • 1936
Maybelle

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Movie • 1938
Gwen Longworth

Manhattan Tower
Movie • 1932
Miss Wood

Manhattan Love Song
Movie • 1934
Annette

When Tomorrow Comes
Movie • 1939
Lulu

From Hell to Heaven
Movie • 1933
Sue Wells

Bondage
Movie • 1933
Irma

Pennies from Heaven
Movie • 1936
Slavey - Hotel Maid

Hullabaloo
Movie • 1940
Lulu Perkins

Success at Any Price
Movie • 1934
Dinah McCabe

A Feather in Her Hat
Movie • 1935
Emily Judson

Two Alone
Movie • 1934
Corie

Strange Justice
Movie • 1932
Gwen

The First Hundred Years
Movie • 1938
Midge

Sweet Adeline
Movie • 1934
Nellie

Craig's Wife
Movie • 1936
Mazie

Silent Night, Lonely Night
Movie • 1969
Mae

King of the Jungle
Movie • 1933
Sue

The Chase
Movie • 1966
Mrs. Henderson

Ladies Should Listen
Movie • 1934
Susie Flamberg

The Bad Man
Movie • 1941
Angela Hardy

For Love or Money
Movie • 1963
Milo's Wife

When Love Is Young
Movie • 1937
'Dotty' Leonard

Three Live Ghosts
Movie • 1936
Peggy 'Peg' Woofers

The Reluctant Astronaut
Movie • 1967
Aunt Zana

Captain Hurricane
Movie • 1935
Gertie

Don't Knock the Twist
Movie • 1962
Amy

Forty Little Mothers
Movie • 1940
Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche

Rabbit, Run
Movie • 1970
Mrs. Smith

Hers to Hold
Movie • 1943
Nurse Willing

The Late George Apley
Movie • 1947
Jane Willing

The Remarkable Andrew
Movie • 1942
Miss Van Buren

Her Primitive Man
Movie • 1944
Aunt Penolope

Cradle Song
Movie • 1933
Sister Sagrario

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Movie • 1937
Gwen Longworth

Princess O'Rourke
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)

They All Kissed the Bride
Movie • 1942
Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary

The Way to Love
Movie • 1933
Annette

Bloomer Girl
Movie • 1956
Serena Applegate

The Goldwyn Follies
Movie • 1938
Ada

The Trumpet Blows
Movie • 1934
Carmela Ramirez

The Invisible Ray
Movie • 1936
Briggs (uncredited)

Rose Bowl
Movie • 1936
Susie Reynolds

The Chocolate Soldier
Movie • 1941
Liesel - Maid

The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1950
White Queen

Family Affair
TV • 1966

F Troop
TV • 1965

The Munsters
TV • 1964

That Girl
TV • 1966

Route 66
TV • 1960

Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Ivy Stanton

Studio One
TV • 1948
Miss Twink

Bewitched
TV • 1964

Going My Way
TV • 1962
Mrs. Featherstone

The Farmer's Daughter
TV • 1963

Lancer
TV • 1968

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Mrs. Hammond

The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958

The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948

Ben Casey
TV • 1961

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950

The Roaring 20's
TV • 1960

Adam-12
TV • 1968
Alice Hoyt

The Addams Family
TV • 1964
Miss Morrison

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Aunt Ida Maye

The Second Hundred Years
TV • 1967
Maud