Peggy Wood

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Peggy Wood
Photograph of Wood in 1917
Born	Mary Margaret Wood (1892-02-09)February 9, 1892 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	March 18, 1978(1978-03-18) (aged 86) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1910–1969
Spouses	John Weaver ​ ​ (m. 1924; died 1938)​ William Walling ​ ​ (m. 1946; died 1973)​
Children	1

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.