Nydia Westman
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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
Credits
The Chase (1966)
as Mrs. Henderson
Little Women (1933)
as Mamie
Bloomer Girl (1956)
as Serena Applegate
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Mrs. Cobb
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
as Cicily
The Swinger (1966)
as Aunt Cora
The Velvet Touch (1948)
as Susan Crane
For Love or Money (1963)
as Milo's Wife
The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
as Aunt Zana
Two Alone (1934)
as Corie
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
as Maybelle
Rabbit, Run (1970)
as Mrs. Smith
Craig's Wife (1936)
as Mazie
Captain Hurricane (1935)
as Gertie
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Miss Van Buren
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
as Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
as Lulu
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)
as Mae
King of the Jungle (1933)
as Sue
Pennies from Heaven (1936)
as Slavey - Hotel Maid
Hullabaloo (1940)
as Lulu Perkins
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Emily Judson
One Night of Love (1934)
as Muriel
The First Hundred Years (1938)
as Midge
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
as Gwen Longworth
The Invisible Ray (1936)
as Briggs (uncredited)
Success at Any Price (1934)
as Dinah McCabe
The Bad Man (1941)
as Angela Hardy
Bondage (1933)
as Irma
Her Primitive Man (1944)
as Aunt Penolope
Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
as Gwen Longworth
Hers to Hold (1943)
as Nurse Willing
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
as Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
When Love Is Young (1937)
as 'Dotty' Leonard
From Hell to Heaven (1933)
as Sue Wells
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
as Ada
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland (1950)
as White Queen
Strange Justice (1932)
as Gwen
Three Live Ghosts (1936)
as Peggy 'Peg' Woofers
The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
as Liesel - Maid
The Way to Love (1933)
as Annette
The Late George Apley (1947)
as Jane Willing
Rose Bowl (1936)
as Susie Reynolds
Don't Knock the Twist (1962)
as Amy
The Trumpet Blows (1934)
as Carmela Ramirez
Ladies Should Listen (1934)
as Susie Flamberg
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
Cradle Song (1933)
as Sister Sagrario
Sweet Adeline (1934)
as Nellie
Manhattan Tower (1932)
as Miss Wood
Manhattan Love Song (1934)
as Annette
Dressed to Thrill (1935)
as Anne Trepied