Peggy Wood
Born in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA — Feb 09 1892• Died Mar 18 1978
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Biography
Mary Margaret Wood was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best remembered for her performance as the title character in the CBS television series Mama, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; her starring role as Naomi, Ruth's mother-in-law, in The Story of Ruth; and her final screen appearance as Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Wood studied voice in France with the legendary soprano Emma…
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Peggy Wood's Credits
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Dr. Kildare
Katie Harris
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sarah Jolland
The Philco Television Playhouse
Mrs. Oliver Jordan
The Sound of Music
Mother Abbess
Mama
A Star Is Born
Miss Phillips
The Story of Ruth
Naomi
Main Street to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
Call It a Day
Ethel Francis
Magnificent Doll
Mrs. Payne
Dream Girl
Lucy Allerton
Wonder of Women
Brigitte
Welcome to Woop Woop
Mother Superior (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Olga
Jalna
Meg Whiteoaks
The Bride Wore Boots
Grace Apley
Handy Andy
Ernestine Yates
The Right to Live
Nurse Weyland
Almost a Husband
Eva McElwyn