
Peggy Wood
February 9, 1892Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
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.…
Filmography

The Sound of Music
1965 · 7.7
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Mama
1949 · 7.5

The Story of Ruth
1960 · 7.5

A Star Is Born
1937 · 7.2

Call It a Day
1937 · 7.0

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · 6.6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · 6.2

Magnificent Doll
1946 · 6.1

The Bride Wore Boots
1946 · 6.1

Welcome to Woop Woop
1998 · 5.8

Dr. Kildare
1961 · 5.7

Handy Andy
1934 · 5.5

Jalna
1935 · 5.1

Dream Girl
1948 · 5.0

The Right to Live
1935 · 4.9

The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939 · 4.7

Wonder of Women
1929 · 4.0

Almost a Husband
1919 · 0.0