Nydia Westman

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1902-02-19

Died: 1970-05-23

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1932	Strange Justice	Gwen	45
2	1932	Manhattan Tower	Miss Wood	59
3	1933	From Hell to Heaven	Sue Wells	72
4	1933	King of the Jungle	Sue	50
5	1933	Bondage	Irma	0
6	1933	The Way to Love	Annette	0
7	1933	Cradle Song	Sister Sagrario	0
8	1933	Little Women	Mamie	68
9	1934	Two Alone	Corie	70
10	1934	Success at Any Price	Dinah McCabe	39
11	1934	The Trumpet Blows	Carmela Ramirez	50
12	1934	Manhattan Love Song	Annette	53
13	1934	One Night of Love	Muriel	55
14	1934	Ladies Should Listen	Susie Flamberg	58
15	1934	Sweet Adeline	Nellie	57
16	1935	Captain Hurricane	Gertie	45
17	1935	Dressed to Thrill	Anne Trepied	0
18	1935	A Feather in Her Hat	Emily Judson	68
19	1936	Three Live Ghosts	Peggy 'Peg' Woofers	50
20	1936	The Invisible Ray	Briggs (uncredited)	63
21	1936	The Gorgeous Hussy	Maybelle	53
22	1936	Craig's Wife	Mazie	63
23	1936	Pennies from Heaven	Slavey - Hotel Maid	69
24	1936	Rose Bowl	Susie Reynolds	60
25	1937	When Love Is Young	'Dotty' Leonard	0
26	1937	Bulldog Drummond's Revenge	Gwen Longworth	58
27	1938	The Goldwyn Follies	Ada	48
28	1938	The First Hundred Years	Midge	60
29	1938	Bulldog Drummond's Peril	Gwen Longworth	57
30	1939	When Tomorrow Comes	Lulu	53
31	1939	The Cat and the Canary	Cicily	70
32	1940	Forty Little Mothers	Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche	62
33	1940	Hullabaloo	Lulu Perkins	40
34	1941	The Bad Man	Angela Hardy	54
35	1941	The Chocolate Soldier	Liesel - Maid	64
36	1942	The Remarkable Andrew	Miss Van Buren	82
37	1942	They All Kissed the Bride	Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary	58
38	1943	Hers to Hold	Nurse Willing	69
39	1943	Princess O'Rourke	Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)	63
40	1944	Her Primitive Man	Aunt Penolope	60
41	1947	The Late George Apley	Jane Willing	68
42	1948	The Velvet Touch	Susan Crane	62
43	1956	Bloomer Girl	Serena Applegate	0
44	1962	Don't Knock the Twist	Amy	47
45	1963	For Love or Money	Milo's Wife	53
46	1966	The Ghost & Mr. Chicken	Mrs. Cobb	67
47	1966	The Chase	Mrs. Henderson	71
48	1966	The Swinger	Aunt Cora	55
49	1967	The Reluctant Astronaut	Aunt Zana	59
50	1969	Silent Night, Lonely Night	Mae	100
51	1970	Rabbit, Run	Mrs. Smith	35

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
2	1948	Studio One	Miss Twink	50
3	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		56
4	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Mrs. Hammond	63
5	1957	Perry Mason	Ivy Stanton	77
6	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
7	1960	Route 66		63
8	1960	The Roaring 20's		0
9	1961	Ben Casey		56
10	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Aunt Ida Maye	78
11	1962	Going My Way	Mrs. Featherstone	57
12	1963	The Farmer's Daughter		50
13	1964	Bewitched		79
14	1964	The Addams Family	Miss Morrison	80
15	1964	The Munsters		79
16	1965	F Troop		62
17	1966	That Girl		63
18	1966	Family Affair		66
19	1968	Adam-12	Alice Hoyt	70
20	1968	Lancer		47

Nydia Westman

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