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Peggy Wood

ActorBorn 1892, died 1978On stage 1911 to 196030 productions on this page

Peggy Wood
James Abbe

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.

On stage

30 productions, 49 years
1911
The Three RomeosBroadway Globe Theatre. Original
56 performances
1912
The Lady of the SlipperBroadway Globe Theatre. Original. Directed by R.H. Burnside
232 performances
1913
The Madcap DuchessBroadway Globe Theatre. Original. Directed by Fred G. Latham
71 performances
1914
Hello, Broadway!Broadway Astor Theatre. Original. Directed by James Gorman
123 performances
1915
Young AmericaBroadway Astor Theatre. Original
105 performances
1917
Love o' MikeBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by J. H. Benrimo
233 performances
1917
MaytimeBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Edward Temple
492 performances
1919
BuddiesBroadway Selwyn Theatre. Original
259 performances
1922
MarjolaineBroadway Broadhurst Theatre. Original. Directed by Oscar Eagle
136 performances
1922
The Clinging VineBroadway Knickerbocker Theatre. Original. Directed by Ira Hards
188 performances
1924
The BrideBroadway 39th Street Theatre. Revival
30 performances
1925
CandidaBroadway Comedy Theatre. Revival. Directed by Dudley Digges
24 performances
1926
King Henry IV, Part IBroadway Knickerbocker Theatre. Revival. Directed by Henry Herbert
8 performances
1927
A Lady in LoveBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by Rollo Lloyd
16 performances
1928
A Play Without a NameBroadway Booth Theatre. Original
48 performances
1928
The Merchant of VeniceBroadway Broadhurst Theatre. Revival
64 performances
1933
A Saturday NightBroadway Playhouse Theatre. Original. Directed by Melville Burke
40 performances
1933
Best SellersBroadway Morosco Theatre. Original. Directed by F. Cowles Strickland
53 performances
1933
Champagne, SecBroadway Morosco Theatre. Original. Directed by Monty Woolley
113 performances
1934
BirthdayBroadway 49th Street Theatre. Original. Directed by William W. Schorr
13 performances
1940
Love for LoveBroadway Hudson Theatre. Revival. Directed by Robert Edmond Jones
8 performances
1940
Old AcquaintanceBroadway Morosco Theatre. Original. Directed by Auriol Lee
170 performances
1941
Blithe SpiritBroadway Morosco Theatre. Original
657 performances
1943
Blithe SpiritBroadway Morosco Theatre. Return-Engagement
32 performances
1949
The Happiest YearsBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by James Neilson
8 performances
1951
Getting MarriedBroadway Anta Playhouse. Revival. Directed by Peter Frye
16 performances
1953
Charley's AuntBroadway City Center. Revival. Directed by José Ferrer
15 performances
1958
The Girls in 509Broadway Belasco Theatre. Original. Directed by Bretaigne Windust
117 performances
1958
Transposed HeadsBroadway Phoenix Theatre. Original. Directed by Bill Butler
2 performances
1960
Rape of the BeltBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original. Directed by Albert Marre
9 performances

Worked with more than once

12 names
  • Clifton Webb 3 productions
  • A G Andrews 3 productions
  • Vivian Rushmore 2 productions
  • Valerie Cossart 2 productions
  • Thomas Chalmers 2 productions
  • Romney Brent 2 productions
  • Philip Tonge 2 productions
  • Percy Moore 2 productions
  • Percy Helton 2 productions
  • Mildred Natwick 2 productions
  • Kent Smith 2 productions
  • Herbert Ranson 2 productions

Also credited on

1 work

The Sound of Music

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