Nydia Westman
Acting
1902-02-19 · New York City, New York, USA
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
Rabbit, Run
1970 · Movie
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969 · Movie
Lancer
1968 · Series
Adam-12
1968 · Series
The Second Hundred Years
1967 · Series
The Reluctant Astronaut
1967 · Movie
The Swinger
1966 · Movie
Family Affair
1966 · Series
That Girl
1966 · Series
The Chase
1966 · Movie
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966 · Movie
F Troop
1965 · Series
The Munsters
1964 · Series
The Addams Family
1964 · Series
Bewitched
1964 · Series
Mail Order Bride
1964 · Movie
The Farmer's Daughter
1963 · Series
For Love or Money
1963 · Movie
Going My Way
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
Don't Knock the Twist
1962 · Movie
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
The Roaring 20's
1960 · Series
Route 66
1960 · Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Bloomer Girl
1956 · Movie
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
1950 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
The Velvet Touch
1948 · Movie
The Late George Apley
1947 · Movie
Her Primitive Man
1944 · Movie
Princess O'Rourke
1943 · Movie
Hers to Hold
1943 · Movie
They All Kissed the Bride
1942 · Movie
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Movie
The Chocolate Soldier
1941 · Movie
The Bad Man
1941 · Movie
Hullabaloo
1940 · Movie
Forty Little Mothers
1940 · Movie
The Cat and the Canary
1939 · Movie
When Tomorrow Comes
1939 · Movie
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938 · Movie
The First Hundred Years
1938 · Movie
The Goldwyn Follies
1938 · Movie
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937 · Movie
When Love Is Young
1937 · Movie
Rose Bowl
1936 · Movie
Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Movie
Craig's Wife
1936 · Movie
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · Movie
The Invisible Ray
1936 · Movie
Three Live Ghosts
1936 · Movie
A Feather in Her Hat
1935 · Movie
Dressed to Thrill
1935 · Movie
Captain Hurricane
1935 · Movie
Sweet Adeline
1934 · Movie
Ladies Should Listen
1934 · Movie
One Night of Love
1934 · Movie
Manhattan Love Song
1934 · Movie
The Trumpet Blows
1934 · Movie
Success at Any Price
1934 · Movie
Two Alone
1934 · Movie
Little Women
1933 · Movie
Cradle Song
1933 · Movie
The Way to Love
1933 · Movie
Bondage
1933 · Movie
King of the Jungle
1933 · Movie
From Hell to Heaven
1933 · Movie
Manhattan Tower
1932 · Movie
Strange Justice
1932 · Movie