Peggy Wood
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 was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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| Full name at birth | Mary Margaret Wood
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| Claim to fame | The Sound of Music
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| Date of birth | 9 February 1892
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| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 18 March 1978
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| Age | 86 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Stamford, Connecticut, USA
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| Cause of death | Cerebral hemorrhage
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| Resting place | Cremated
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Peggy Wood is known for her role in the film The Sound of Music (1965) as performer: "Maria" (1959), "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (1959) - uncredited.
She is also known for her role in the TV series Mama (1949) as Mama / Mama Hansen / Marta Hansen / ....
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