Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 19, 1902
Died
May 23, 1970
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
73 titles
Nydia 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.
Known For
Filmography
Rabbit, Run
Mrs. Smith
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Mae
Lancer
Adam-12
Alice Hoyt
The Second Hundred Years
Maud
The Reluctant Astronaut
Aunt Zana
The Swinger
Aunt Cora
Family Affair
That Girl
The Chase
Mrs. Henderson
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Mrs. Cobb
F Troop
The Munsters
The Addams Family
Miss Morrison
Bewitched
The Farmer's Daughter
For Love or Money
Milo's Wife
Going My Way
Mrs. Featherstone
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Aunt Ida Maye
Don't Knock the Twist
Amy
Ben Casey
The Roaring 20's
Route 66
The Donna Reed Show
Perry Mason
Ivy Stanton
Bloomer Girl
Serena Applegate
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
White Queen
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Hammond
Robert Montgomery Presents
Studio One
Miss Twink
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Velvet Touch
Susan Crane
The Late George Apley
Jane Willing
Her Primitive Man
Aunt Penolope
Princess O'Rourke
Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
Hers to Hold
Nurse Willing
They All Kissed the Bride
Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
The Remarkable Andrew
Miss Van Buren
The Chocolate Soldier
Liesel - Maid
The Bad Man
Angela Hardy
Hullabaloo
Lulu Perkins
Forty Little Mothers
Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
The Cat and the Canary
Cicily
When Tomorrow Comes
Lulu
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Gwen Longworth
The First Hundred Years
Midge
The Goldwyn Follies
Ada
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Gwen Longworth
When Love Is Young
'Dotty' Leonard
Rose Bowl
Susie Reynolds