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

Perry Mason

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Donna Reed Show

Adam-12

Bewitched

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Munsters

All Movies (52)

• Rabbit, Run1970 · as Mrs. Smith
• Silent Night, Lonely Night1969 · as Mae
• The Reluctant Astronaut1967 · as Aunt Zana
• The Swinger1966 · as Aunt Cora
• The Chase1966 · as Mrs. Henderson
• The Ghost and Mr. Chicken1966 · as Mrs. Cobb
• For Love or Money1963 · as Milo's Wife
• Don't Knock the Twist1962 · as Amy
• Bloomer Girl1956 · as Serena Applegate
• The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland1950 · as White Queen
• The Velvet Touch1948 · as Susan Crane
• The Late George Apley1947 · as Jane Willing
• Her Primitive Man1944 · as Aunt Penolope
• Princess O'Rourke1943 · as Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
• Hers to Hold1943 · as Nurse Willing
• They All Kissed the Bride1942 · as Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
• The Remarkable Andrew1942 · as Miss Van Buren
• The Chocolate Soldier1941 · as Liesel - Maid
• The Bad Man1941 · as Angela Hardy
• Hullabaloo1940 · as Lulu Perkins
• Forty Little Mothers1940 · as Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
• The Cat and the Canary1939 · as Cicily
• When Tomorrow Comes1939 · as Lulu
• Bulldog Drummond's Peril1938 · as Gwen Longworth
• The First Hundred Years1938 · as Midge
• The Goldwyn Follies1938 · as Ada
• Bulldog Drummond's Revenge1937 · as Gwen Longworth
• When Love Is Young1937 · as 'Dotty' Leonard
• Rose Bowl1936 · as Susie Reynolds
• Pennies from Heaven1936 · as Slavey - Hotel Maid
• Craig's Wife1936 · as Mazie
• The Gorgeous Hussy1936 · as Maybelle
• The Invisible Ray1936 · as Briggs (uncredited)
• Three Live Ghosts1936 · as Peggy 'Peg' Woofers
• A Feather in Her Hat1935 · as Emily Judson
• Dressed to Thrill1935 · as Anne Trepied
• Captain Hurricane1935 · as Gertie
• Sweet Adeline1934 · as Nellie
• Ladies Should Listen1934 · as Susie Flamberg
• One Night of Love1934 · as Muriel
• Manhattan Love Song1934 · as Annette
• The Trumpet Blows1934 · as Carmela Ramirez
• Success at Any Price1934 · as Dinah McCabe
• Two Alone1934 · as Corie
• Little Women1933 · as Mamie
• Cradle Song1933 · as Sister Sagrario
• The Way to Love1933 · as Annette
• Bondage1933 · as Irma
• King of the Jungle1933 · as Sue
• From Hell to Heaven1933 · as Sue Wells
• Manhattan Tower1932 · as Miss Wood
• Strange Justice1932 · as Gwen

All TV Shows (21)

• Lancer1968
• Adam-121968 · as Alice Hoyt
• The Second Hundred Years1967 · as Maud
• Family Affair1966
• That Girl1966
• F Troop1965
• The Munsters1964
• The Addams Family1964 · as Miss Morrison
• Bewitched1964
• The Farmer's Daughter1963
• Going My Way1962 · as Mrs. Featherstone
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Aunt Ida Maye
• Ben Casey1961
• The Roaring 20's1960
• Route 661960
• The Donna Reed Show1958
• Perry Mason1957 · as Ivy Stanton
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Mrs. Hammond
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• Studio One1948 · as Miss Twink
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948