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