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.

Most Known For

Perry Mason

as Ivy Stanton

Bewitched

Adam-12

as Alice Hoyt

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Aunt Ida Maye

Studio One

as Miss Twink

The Addams Family

as Miss Morrison

The Munsters

Ben Casey

Route 66

The Donna Reed Show

The Philco Television Playhouse

Robert Montgomery Presents

That Girl

Family Affair

Lancer

F Troop

The Farmer's Daughter

Going My Way

as Mrs. Featherstone

The Roaring 20's

Lux Video Theatre

as Mrs. Hammond