Nydia Westman
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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.
Acted in
Rabbit, Run
1970
as Mrs. Smith
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969
as Mae
Lancer
1968
Adam-12
1968
as Alice Hoyt
The Reluctant Astronaut
1967
as Aunt Zana
The Swinger
1966
as Aunt Cora
Family Affair
1966
That Girl
1966
The Chase
1966
as Mrs. Henderson
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966
as Mrs. Cobb
F Troop
1965
The Munsters
1964
The Addams Family
1964
as Miss Morrison
Bewitched
1964
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
For Love or Money
1963
as Milo's Wife
Going My Way
1962
as Mrs. Featherstone
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Aunt Ida Maye
Don't Knock the Twist
1962
as Amy
Ben Casey
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
Route 66
1960
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Perry Mason
1957
as Ivy Stanton
Bloomer Girl
1956
as Serena Applegate
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Hammond
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948
as Miss Twink
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Velvet Touch
1948
as Susan Crane
The Late George Apley
1947
as Jane Willing
Her Primitive Man
1944
as Aunt Penolope
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
Hers to Hold
1943
as Nurse Willing
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Miss Van Buren
The Bad Man
1941
as Angela Hardy
Hullabaloo
1940
as Lulu Perkins
Forty Little Mothers
1940
as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
The Cat and the Canary
1939
as Cicily
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Lulu
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Gwen Longworth
The First Hundred Years
1938
as Midge
The Goldwyn Follies
1938
as Ada
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937
as Gwen Longworth
When Love Is Young
1937
as 'Dotty' Leonard
Rose Bowl
1936
as Susie Reynolds
Pennies from Heaven
1936
as Slavey - Hotel Maid
Craig's Wife
1936
as Mazie
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Maybelle
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Briggs (uncredited)
Three Live Ghosts
1936
as Peggy 'Peg' Woofers
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
as Emily Judson
Dressed to Thrill
1935
as Anne Trepied
Captain Hurricane
1935
as Gertie
Sweet Adeline
1934
as Nellie
Ladies Should Listen
1934
as Susie Flamberg
One Night of Love
1934
as Muriel
Manhattan Love Song
1934
as Annette
The Trumpet Blows
1934
as Carmela Ramirez
Success at Any Price
1934
as Dinah McCabe
Two Alone
1934
as Corie
Little Women
1933
as Mamie
Cradle Song
1933
as Sister Sagrario
The Way to Love
1933
as Annette
Bondage
1933
as Irma
King of the Jungle
1933
as Sue
From Hell to Heaven
1933
as Sue Wells
Manhattan Tower
1932
as Miss Wood
Strange Justice
1932
as Gwen