Nydia Westman

1902-02-19 New York City, New York, USA

Biografia

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.

Películas

	Rabbit, Run	Mrs. Smith	1970-10-01
	Silent Night, Lonely Night	Mae	1969-12-16
	The Reluctant Astronaut	Aunt Zana	1967-09-05
	The Swinger	Aunt Cora	1966-11-13
	The Ghost & Mr. Chicken	Mrs. Cobb	1966-01-20
	The Chase	Mrs. Henderson	1966-02-18
	For Love or Money	Milo's Wife	1963-08-07
	Don't Knock the Twist	Amy	1962-04-13
	Bloomer Girl	Serena Applegate	1956-05-28
	The Velvet Touch	Susan Crane	1948-07-13
	The Late George Apley	Jane Willing	1947-03-19
	Her Primitive Man	Aunt Penolope	1944-05-29
	Hers to Hold	Nurse Willing	1943-07-16
	Princess O'Rourke	Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)	1943-10-23
	The Remarkable Andrew	Miss Van Buren	1942-03-05
	They All Kissed the Bride	Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary	1942-06-11
	The Chocolate Soldier	Liesel - Maid	1941-11-01
	The Bad Man	Angela Hardy	1941-03-28
	Hullabaloo	Lulu Perkins	1940-10-25
	Forty Little Mothers	Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche	1940-04-26
	When Tomorrow Comes	Lulu	1939-08-11
	The Cat and the Canary	Cicily	1939-10-27
	The First Hundred Years	Midge	1938-03-12
	The Goldwyn Follies	Ada	1938-02-04
	Bulldog Drummond's Peril	Gwen Longworth	1938-03-18
	When Love Is Young	'Dotty' Leonard	1937-03-26
	Bulldog Drummond's Revenge	Gwen Longworth	1937-12-16
	The Invisible Ray	Briggs (uncredited)	1936-01-20
	Rose Bowl	Susie Reynolds	1936-11-30
	Three Live Ghosts	Peggy 'Peg' Woofers	1936-01-10
	Pennies from Heaven	Slavey - Hotel Maid	1936-11-25
	The Gorgeous Hussy	Maybelle	1936-08-28
	Craig's Wife	Mazie	1936-09-25
	Dressed to Thrill	Anne Trepied	1935-10-08
	Captain Hurricane	Gertie	1935-03-01
	A Feather in Her Hat	Emily Judson	1935-10-25
	Success at Any Price	Dinah McCabe	1934-03-16
	The Trumpet Blows	Carmela Ramirez	1934-04-14
	Manhattan Love Song	Annette	1934-04-29
	Two Alone	Corie	1934-01-26
	Ladies Should Listen	Susie Flamberg	1934-08-10
	One Night of Love	Muriel	1934-07-16
	Sweet Adeline	Nellie	1934-12-29
	Little Women	Mamie	1933-11-24
	From Hell to Heaven	Sue Wells	1933-02-24
	Bondage	Irma	1933-04-22
	King of the Jungle	Sue	1933-03-10
	Cradle Song	Sister Sagrario	1933-11-19
	The Way to Love	Annette	1933-10-20
	Manhattan Tower	Miss Wood	1932-12-01
	Strange Justice	Gwen	1932-10-07