Peggy Wood

Acting

Born February 9, 1892 · Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Died March 18, 1978

Also known as Mary Margaret Wood · Mary Margaret "Peggy" Wood

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 (1949–1957), 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 (1960); and her final screen appearance as Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (1965), for which she received nominations for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

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