Nydia Westman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1902-02-19
Day of Death
1970-05-23 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting
(1970)
Rabbit, Run
as Mrs. Smith
(1969)
(1967)
The Reluctant Astronaut
as Aunt Zana
(1966)
The Chase
as Mrs. Henderson
(1966)
The Swinger
as Aunt Cora
(1966)
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Mrs. Cobb
(1963)
For Love or Money
as Milo's Wife
(1962)
Don't Knock the Twist
as Amy
(1956)
Bloomer Girl
as Serena Applegate
(1948)
The Velvet Touch
as Susan Crane
(1947)
The Late George Apley
as Jane Willing
(1944)
Her Primitive Man
as Aunt Penolope
(1943)
Princess O'Rourke
as Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
(1943)
Hers to Hold
as Nurse Willing
(1942)
The Remarkable Andrew
as Miss Van Buren
(1942)
They All Kissed the Bride
as Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
(1941)
The Bad Man
as Angela Hardy
(1941)
The Chocolate Soldier
as Liesel - Maid
(1940)
Forty Little Mothers
as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
(1940)
Hullabaloo
as Lulu Perkins
(1939)
The Cat and the Canary
as Cicily
(1939)
When Tomorrow Comes
as Lulu
(1938)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Gwen Longworth
(1938)
The First Hundred Years
as Midge
(1938)
The Goldwyn Follies
as Ada
(1937)
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Gwen Longworth
(1937)
When Love Is Young
as 'Dotty' Leonard
(1936)
Craig's Wife
as Mazie
(1936)
The Invisible Ray
as Briggs (uncredited)
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Maybelle
(1936)
Pennies from Heaven
as Slavey - Hotel Maid
(1936)
Rose Bowl
as Susie Reynolds
(1936)
Three Live Ghosts
as Peggy 'Peg' Woofers
(1935)
A Feather in Her Hat
as Emily Judson
(1935)
Captain Hurricane
as Gertie
(1935)
Dressed to Thrill
as Anne Trepied
(1934)
One Night of Love
as Muriel
(1934)
Two Alone
as Corie
(1934)
Sweet Adeline
as Nellie
(1934)
Success at Any Price
as Dinah McCabe
(1934)
Ladies Should Listen
as Susie Flamberg
(1934)
Manhattan Love Song
as Annette
(1934)
The Trumpet Blows
as Carmela Ramirez
(1933)
Little Women
as Mamie
(1933)
King of the Jungle
as Sue
(1933)
The Way to Love
as Annette
(1933)
Cradle Song
as Sister Sagrario
(1933)
Bondage
as Irma
(1933)
From Hell to Heaven
as Sue Wells
(1932)
Manhattan Tower
as Miss Wood
(1932)
Strange Justice
as Gwen