Peggy Wood

Peggy Wood

American actor
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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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Peggy Wood was born on Tuesday, 9 February 1892 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Her full name at birth was Mary Margaret Wood. She was best known as an actress. Wood's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. She died on Saturday, 18 March 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA at the age of 86. She is buried at Cremated. She was 5' 6" (168 cm) tall with an average build. She had grey hair (color). Her zodiac star sign was Aquarius.

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Mary Margaret Wood
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The Sound of Music
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Date of birth
9 February 1892
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Date of death
18 March 1978
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86 (age at death)
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Stamford, Connecticut, USA
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Cerebral hemorrhage
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Cremated
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Actress
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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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