Peggy Wood
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Welcome to Woop Woop
1998
as Mother Superior (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Sound of Music
1965
as Mother Abbess
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Katie Harris
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Story of Ruth
1960
as Naomi
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sarah Jolland
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Self (uncredited)
Mama
1949
as Marta Hansen
Dream Girl
1948
as Lucy Allerton
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Mrs. Oliver Jordan
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Florence McDavid
The Bride Wore Boots
1946
as Grace Apley
Magnificent Doll
1946
as Mrs. Payne
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Olga
A Star Is Born
1937
as Miss Phillips
Call It a Day
1937
as Ethel Francis
The Right to Live
1935
as Nurse Weyland
Jalna
1935
as Meg Whiteoaks
Handy Andy
1934
as Ernestine Yates
Wonder of Women
1929
as Brigitte
Almost a Husband
1919
as Eva McElwyn