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