Nydia Westman

Nydia Westman

Birthday: 1902-02-19

Deathday: 1970-05-23

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Nydia Eileen Westman

imdb_id: nm0922851

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.

Played in movies:

Silent Night, Lonely Night

Score: 10.0

The Remarkable Andrew

Score: 8.2

From Hell to Heaven

Score: 7.2

The Chase

Score: 7.1

Two Alone

Score: 7.0

The Cat and the Canary

Score: 7.0

Pennies from Heaven

Score: 6.9

Hers to Hold

Score: 6.9

The Late George Apley

Score: 6.8

A Feather in Her Hat

Score: 6.8

Little Women

Score: 6.8

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Score: 6.7

The Chocolate Soldier

Score: 6.4

The Invisible Ray

Score: 6.3

Princess O'Rourke

Score: 6.3

Craig's Wife

Score: 6.3

Forty Little Mothers

Score: 6.2

The Velvet Touch

Score: 6.2

Rose Bowl

Score: 6.0

Her Primitive Man

Score: 6.0

The First Hundred Years

Score: 6.0

The Reluctant Astronaut

Score: 5.9

Manhattan Tower

Score: 5.9

They All Kissed the Bride

Score: 5.8

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

Score: 5.8

Ladies Should Listen

Score: 5.8

Sweet Adeline

Score: 5.7

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Score: 5.7

The Swinger

Score: 5.5

One Night of Love

Score: 5.5

The Bad Man

Score: 5.4

When Tomorrow Comes

Score: 5.4

Manhattan Love Song

Score: 5.3

For Love or Money

Score: 5.3

The Gorgeous Hussy

Score: 5.3

The Trumpet Blows

Score: 5.0

Three Live Ghosts

Score: 5.0

King of the Jungle

Score: 5.0

The Goldwyn Follies

Score: 4.8

Don't Knock the Twist

Score: 4.7

Captain Hurricane

Score: 4.5

Strange Justice

Score: 4.5

Success at Any Price

Score: 4.1

Hullabaloo

Score: 4.0

Rabbit, Run

Score: 3.5

Bloomer Girl

Score: 0.0

The Way to Love

Score: 0.0

Cradle Song

Score: 0.0

When Love Is Young

Score: 0.0

Bondage

Score: 0.0

Dressed to Thrill

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Addams Family

Score: 8.0

The Munsters

Score: 7.9

Bewitched

Score: 7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Score: 7.8

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Adam-12

Score: 6.9

Family Affair

Score: 6.6

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Route 66

Score: 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

That Girl

Score: 6.3

The Donna Reed Show

Score: 6.2

F Troop

Score: 6.2

Going My Way

Score: 5.7

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Ben Casey

Score: 5.6

The Farmer's Daughter

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Lancer

Score: 4.7

The Roaring 20's

Score: 0.0