Peggy Wood

Peggy Wood
Photograph of Wood in 1917
Born
Mary Margaret Wood

(1892-02-09)February 9, 1892
DiedMarch 18, 1978(1978-03-18) (aged 86)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1910–1969
Spouses
(m. 1924; died 1938)
William Walling
(m. 1946; died 1973)
Children1
Signed drawing by Manuel Rosenberg 1923

Mary Margaret Wood (February 9, 1892 – March 18, 1978) 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.