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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 19, 1902
Died
May 23, 1970
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Nydia Eileen Westman
Nydia Westman
0.4 Popularity
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
Credits
Rabbit, Run
as Mrs. Smith
1970
3.5
Silent Night, Lonely Night
as Mae
1969
10.0
Lancer
1968
4.7
Adam-12
as Alice Hoyt
1968
7.0
The Reluctant Astronaut
as Aunt Zana
1967
5.9
The Swinger
as Aunt Cora
1966
5.5
Family Affair
1966
6.6
That Girl
1966
6.2
The Chase
as Mrs. Henderson
1966
7.1
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Mrs. Cobb
1966
6.7
F Troop
1965
6.2
The Munsters
1964
7.9
The Addams Family
as Miss Morrison
1964
8.0
Bewitched
1964
7.9
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
5.0
For Love or Money
as Milo's Wife
1963
5.3
Going My Way
as Mrs. Featherstone
1962
5.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Aunt Ida Maye
1962
7.8
Don't Knock the Twist
as Amy
1962
4.7
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Perry Mason
as Ivy Stanton
1957
7.7
Bloomer Girl
as Serena Applegate
1956
0.0
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Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Hammond
1950
6.3
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Studio One
as Miss Twink
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Velvet Touch
as Susan Crane
1948
6.2
The Late George Apley
as Jane Willing
1947
6.8
Her Primitive Man
as Aunt Penolope
1944
6.0
Princess O'Rourke
as Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
1943
6.3
Hers to Hold
as Nurse Willing
1943
6.9
They All Kissed the Bride
as Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
1942
5.8
The Remarkable Andrew
as Miss Van Buren
1942
8.2
The Chocolate Soldier
as Liesel - Maid
1941
6.4
The Bad Man
as Angela Hardy
1941
5.4
Hullabaloo
as Lulu Perkins
1940
4.0
Forty Little Mothers
as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
1940
6.2
The Cat and the Canary
as Cicily
1939
7.0
When Tomorrow Comes
as Lulu
1939
5.3
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Gwen Longworth
1938
5.7
The First Hundred Years
as Midge
1938
6.0
The Goldwyn Follies
as Ada
1938
4.8
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Gwen Longworth
1937
5.8
When Love Is Young
as 'Dotty' Leonard
1937
0.0
Rose Bowl
as Susie Reynolds
1936
6.0
Pennies from Heaven
as Slavey - Hotel Maid
1936
6.9
Craig's Wife
as Mazie
1936
6.3
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Maybelle
1936
5.3
The Invisible Ray
as Briggs (uncredited)
1936
6.3
Three Live Ghosts
as Peggy 'Peg' Woofers
1936
5.0
A Feather in Her Hat
as Emily Judson
1935
6.8
Dressed to Thrill
as Anne Trepied
1935
0.0
Captain Hurricane
as Gertie
1935
4.5
Sweet Adeline
as Nellie
1934
5.7
Ladies Should Listen
as Susie Flamberg
1934
5.8
One Night of Love
as Muriel
1934
5.5
Manhattan Love Song
as Annette
1934
5.3
The Trumpet Blows
as Carmela Ramirez
1934
0.0
Success at Any Price
as Dinah McCabe
1934
3.9
Two Alone
as Corie
1934
7.0
Little Women
as Mamie
1933
6.8
Cradle Song
as Sister Sagrario
1933
0.0
The Way to Love
as Annette
1933
0.0
Bondage
as Irma
1933
0.0
King of the Jungle
as Sue
1933
5.0
From Hell to Heaven
as Sue Wells
1933
7.2
Manhattan Tower
as Miss Wood
1932
5.9
Strange Justice
as Gwen
1932
4.5