Biografía y filmografía

Nydia Westman

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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.

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Películas (53)

Rabbit, Run

1970 · Mrs. Smith

Silent Night, Lonely Night

1969 · Mae

The Reluctant Astronaut

1967 · Aunt Zana

The Swinger

1966 · Aunt Cora

The Chase

1966 · Mrs. Henderson

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

1966 · Mrs. Cobb

Mail Order Bride

1964 · Salvation Army Band Member (uncredited)

For Love or Money

1963 · Milo's Wife

Don't Knock the Twist

1962 · Amy

Bloomer Girl

1956 · Serena Applegate

The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland

1950 · White Queen

The Velvet Touch

1948 · Susan Crane

The Late George Apley

1947 · Jane Willing

Her Primitive Man

1944 · Aunt Penolope

Princess O'Rourke

1943 · Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)

Hers to Hold

1943 · Nurse Willing

They All Kissed the Bride

1942 · Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary

The Remarkable Andrew

1942 · Miss Van Buren

The Chocolate Soldier

1941 · Liesel - Maid

The Bad Man

1941 · Angela Hardy

Hullabaloo

1940 · Lulu Perkins

Forty Little Mothers

1940 · Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche

The Cat and the Canary

1939 · Cicily

When Tomorrow Comes

1939 · Lulu

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

1938 · Gwen Longworth

The First Hundred Years

1938 · Midge

The Goldwyn Follies

1938 · Ada

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

1937 · Gwen Longworth

When Love Is Young

1937 · 'Dotty' Leonard

Rose Bowl

1936 · Susie Reynolds

Pennies from Heaven

1936 · Slavey - Hotel Maid

Craig's Wife

1936 · Mazie

The Gorgeous Hussy

1936 · Maybelle

The Invisible Ray

1936 · Briggs (uncredited)

Three Live Ghosts

1936 · Peggy 'Peg' Woofers

A Feather in Her Hat

1935 · Emily Judson

Dressed to Thrill

1935 · Anne Trepied

Captain Hurricane

1935 · Gertie

Sweet Adeline

1934 · Nellie

Ladies Should Listen

1934 · Susi Flamberg

One Night of Love

1934 · Muriel

Manhattan Love Song

1934 · Annette

The Trumpet Blows

1934 · Carmela Ramirez

Success at Any Price

1934 · Dinah McCabe

Two Alone

1934 · Corie

Little Women

1933 · Mamie

Cradle Song

1933 · Sister Sagrario

The Way to Love

1933 · Annette

Bondage

1933 · Irma

King of the Jungle

1933 · Sue

From Hell to Heaven

1933 · Sue Wells

Manhattan Tower

1932 · Miss Wood

Strange Justice

1932 · Gwen

Nydia Westman

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Series (21)