Nydia Westman

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 Westmans 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 Childrens School Her sisters Lolita and Neville were actresses and her brother Theodore d November 20 1927 was an actor and playwright Westmans 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 Craigs Wife which starred Rosalind Russell and the first film version of Little Women Westmans screen debut came in Strange Justice 1922 She appeared in 31 films in the 1930s She appeared as the housekeeper Mrs Featherstone in the 19621963 ABC series Going My Way which starred Gene Kelly and Leo G Carroll as Roman Catholic priests in New York City Westmans first Broadway play was Pigs 1924 her last was Midgie Purvis 1961 She broke ground on stage debuting the role of Nell offBroadway in Samuel Becketts 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 sixtyeight in Burbank California