Nydia Westman
ActingAlso Known As
Nydia Eileen Westman
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.
Movies
(52 total)
The Chase
as Mrs. Henderson
Little Women
as Mamie
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Mrs. Cobb
The Cat and the Canary
as Cicily
The Invisible Ray
as Briggs (uncredited)
The Reluctant Astronaut
as Aunt Zana
The Velvet Touch
as Susan Crane
Princess O'Rourke
as Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
One Night of Love
as Muriel
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Gwen Longworth
When Tomorrow Comes
as Lulu
Craig's Wife
as Mazie
The Late George Apley
as Jane Willing
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Maybelle
The Swinger
as Aunt Cora
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Gwen Longworth
Ladies Should Listen
as Susie Flamberg
Manhattan Tower
as Miss Wood
Success at Any Price
as Dinah McCabe
TV Shows
(21 total)
The Addams Family
as Miss Morrison
Perry Mason
as Ivy Stanton
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Aunt Ida Maye
Adam-12
as Alice Hoyt
Studio One
as Miss Twink
Going My Way
as Mrs. Featherstone
