Peggy Wood
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. Her final screen appearance was as the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music. Wood studied voice in France with soprano Emma Calvé.
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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. She also starred as Naomi, Ruth’s mother-in-law, in The Story of Ruth. Her final screen appearance was as the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Wood studied voice in France with soprano Emma Calvé. She was an early member of the Actors’ Equity Association, spending nearly 50 years onstage, beginning in the chorus and becoming known as a Broadway singer and star.
Her first autobiography, How Young You Look, was published in 1941 and updated in 1963. She wrote a biography of actor John Drew, Jr., and was a co-author of a play, Miss Quisis. She received numerous awards for her theatrical work and a while was president of the American Theater and National Academy of Theater Arts.
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