Nydia Westman
- Recitazione
- 19 febbraio 1902 · New York City, New York, USA
- 23 maggio 1970
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.
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Filmografia
- Coniglio, non scappare · Mrs. Smith
- Silent Night, Lonely Night · Mae
- Lancer
- Adam-12 · Alice Hoyt
- I due galeotti · Maud
- The Reluctant Astronaut · Aunt Zana
- La ragazza yè yè · Aunt Cora
- Tre nipoti e un maggiordomo
- Quella strana ragazza
- La caccia · Mrs. Henderson
- 7 giorni di fifa · Mrs. Cobb
- I Forti di Forte Coraggio
- I mostri
- La famiglia Addams · Miss Morrison
- Vita da strega
- Ad ovest del Montana · Salvation Army Band Member (uncredited)
- The Farmer's Daughter
- Per soldi o per amore · Milo's Wife
- Going My Way · Mrs. Featherstone
- L'ora di Hitchcock · Aunt Ida Maye
- Don't Knock the Twist · Amy
- Ben Casey
- The Roaring 20's
- Route 66
- The Donna Reed Show
- Perry Mason · Ivy Stanton
- Bloomer Girl · Serena Applegate
- The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland · White Queen
- Lux Video Theatre · Mrs. Hammond
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- Studio One · Miss Twink
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- Valeria, l'amante che uccide · Susan Crane
- Schiavo del passato · Jane Willing
- Her Primitive Man · Aunt Penolope
- Sua altezza è innamorata · Mrs. Bowers (uncredited)
- Hers to Hold · Nurse Willing
- Tutti baciarono la sposa · Lewis, M.J.'s Secretary
- The Remarkable Andrew · Miss Van Buren
- The Chocolate Soldier · Liesel - Maid
- Pancho il messicano · Angela Hardy
- Hullabaloo · Lulu Perkins
- Forty Little Mothers · Madamoiselle Cynthia Cliche
- Il fantasma di mezzanotte · Cicily
- Vigilia d'amore · Lulu
- Bulldog Drummond's Peril · Gwen Longworth
- The First Hundred Years · Midge
- Follie di Hollywood · Ada
- Bulldog Drummond's Revenge · Gwen Longworth
- When Love Is Young · 'Dotty' Leonard
- Rose Bowl · Susie Reynolds
- Pennies from Heaven · Slavey - Hotel Maid
- La moglie di Craig · Mazie
- Troppo amata · Maybelle
- Il Raggio Invisibile · Briggs (uncredited)
- Three Live Ghosts · Peggy 'Peg' Woofers
- A Feather in Her Hat · Emily Judson
- Dressed to Thrill · Anne Trepied
- Captain Hurricane · Gertie
- Sweet Adeline · Nellie
- La signorina curiosa · Susi Flamberg
- Una notte d'amore · Muriel
- Manhattan Love Song · Annette
- The Trumpet Blows · Carmela Ramirez
- Success at Any Price · Dinah McCabe
- Two Alone · Corie
- Piccole donne · Mamie
- Cradle Song · Sister Sagrario
- La maniera di amare · Annette
- Bondage · Irma
- King of the Jungle · Sue
- From Hell to Heaven · Sue Wells
- Manhattan Tower · Miss Wood
- Strange Justice · Gwen