Peggy Wood
Acting
Born: 1892-02-09 · Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Died: 1978-03-18
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. W
🎬 Movies (15)
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
Mother Superior (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sound of Music
1965
Mother Abbess
The Story of Ruth
1960
Naomi
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Self (uncredited)
Dream Girl
1948
Lucy Allerton
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
Grace Apley
Magnificent Doll
1946
Mrs. Payne
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
Olga
A Star Is Born
1937
Miss Phillips
Call It a Day
1937
Ethel Francis
The Right to Live
1935
Nurse Weyland
Jalna
1935
Meg Whiteoaks
Handy Andy
1934
Ernestine Yates
Wonder of Women
1929
Brigitte
Almost a Husband
1919
Eva McElwyn
📺 TV Shows (8)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Self - Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Self
Dr. Kildare
1961
Katie Harris
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Sarah Jolland
Mama
1949
Marta Hansen
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Florence McDavid
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Self