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Nydia Westman
New York City, New York, USA
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 paren…
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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.
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1970
Rabbit, Run
Movie Mrs. Smith
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1969
Silent Night, Lonely Night
Movie Mae
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1968
Lancer
TV show
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1968
Adam-12
TV show Alice Hoyt
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1967
The Second Hundred Years
TV show Maud
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1967
The Reluctant Astronaut
Movie Aunt Zana
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1966
The Swinger
Movie Aunt Cora
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1966
Family Affair
TV show
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1966
That Girl
TV show
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1966
The Chase
Movie Mrs. Henderson
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1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie Mrs. Cobb
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1965
F Troop
TV show
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1964
The Munsters
TV show
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1964
The Addams Family
TV show Miss Morrison
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1964
Bewitched
TV show
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1964
Mail Order Bride
Movie Salvation Army Band Member (uncredited)
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1963
The Farmer's Daughter
TV show
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1963
For Love or Money
Movie Milo's Wife
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1962
Going My Way
TV show Mrs. Featherstone
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV show Aunt Ida Maye
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1962
Don't Knock the Twist
Movie Amy
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1961
Ben Casey
TV show
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1960
The Roaring 20's
TV show
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1960
Route 66
TV show
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1958
The Donna Reed Show
TV show
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Ivy Stanton
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1956
Bloomer Girl
Movie Serena Applegate
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1950
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
Movie White Queen
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1950
Lux Video Theatre
TV show Mrs. Hammond
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1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV show
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1948
Studio One
TV show Miss Twink
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1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV show
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1948
The Velvet Touch
Movie Susan Crane
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1947
The Late George Apley
Movie Jane Willing
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1944
Her Primitive Man
Movie Aunt Penolope
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1943
Princess O'Rourke
Movie Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
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1943
Hers to Hold
Movie Nurse Willing
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1942
They All Kissed the Bride
Movie Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
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1942
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie Miss Van Buren
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1941
The Chocolate Soldier
Movie Liesel - Maid
