1902-02-19 ( 123 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA
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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.
Movies
Rabbit, Run
1970-10-01
Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969-12-16
The Reluctant Astronaut
1967-09-05
The Swinger
1966-11-13
The Chase
1966-02-18
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966-01-20
For Love or Money
1963-08-07
Don't Knock the Twist
1962-04-13
Bloomer Girl
1956-05-28
The Velvet Touch
1948-07-13
The Late George Apley
1947-03-19
Her Primitive Man
1944-05-29
Princess O'Rourke
1943-10-23
Hers to Hold
1943-07-16
They All Kissed the Bride
1942-06-11
The Remarkable Andrew
1942-03-05
The Bad Man
1941-03-28
Hullabaloo
1940-10-25
Forty Little Mothers
1940-04-26
The Cat and the Canary
1939-10-27
When Tomorrow Comes
1939-08-11
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938-03-18
The First Hundred Years
1938-03-12
The Goldwyn Follies
1938-02-04
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937-12-16
When Love Is Young
1937-03-26
Rose Bowl
1936-11-30
Pennies from Heaven
1936-11-25
Craig's Wife
1936-09-25
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
The Invisible Ray
1936-01-20
Three Live Ghosts
1936-01-10
A Feather in Her Hat
1935-10-25
Dressed to Thrill
1935-10-08
Captain Hurricane
1935-03-01
Sweet Adeline
1934-12-29
Ladies Should Listen
1934-08-10
One Night of Love
1934-07-16
Manhattan Love Song
1934-04-29
The Trumpet Blows
1934-04-14
Success at Any Price
1934-03-16
Two Alone
1934-01-26
Little Women
1933-11-24
Cradle Song
1933-11-19
The Way to Love
1933-10-20
Bondage
1933-04-22
King of the Jungle
1933-03-10
From Hell to Heaven
1933-02-24
Manhattan Tower
1932-12-01
Strange Justice
1932-10-07
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