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Nydia Westman
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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.
As actor
Rabbit, Run
Silent Night, Lonely Night
The Reluctant Astronaut
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Swinger
The Chase
For Love or Money
Don't Knock the Twist
Bloomer Girl
The Ford Theatre Hour: Alice in Wonderland
The Velvet Touch
The Late George Apley
Her Primitive Man
Hers to Hold
Princess O'Rourke
The Remarkable Andrew
They All Kissed the Bride
The Bad Man
The Chocolate Soldier
Hullabaloo
Forty Little Mothers
The Cat and the Canary
When Tomorrow Comes
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
The First Hundred Years
The Goldwyn Follies
When Love Is Young
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
The Gorgeous Hussy
Pennies from Heaven