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