--- name: "Peggy Wood" canonical: "https://film.one/person/peggy-wood" roles: ["Actor"] born: "9 February 1892" died: "18 March 1978" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T23:40:18.161038+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Peggy Wood Actor. Born 9 February 1892 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA. Died 18 March 1978. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 9 February 1892, Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA - **Died:** 18 March 1978 - **Active:** 1937–1965 - **Also known as:** Mary Margaret Wood, Mary Margaret "Peggy" Wood - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (1), 1960s 86 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Wood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266445, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939931/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77895 ## Streaming the US now - **Pluto TV:** [*A Star Is Born*](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Peggy Wood was an American actress and singer. Born Mary Margaret Wood in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career in the chorus of the 1910 Broadway production *Naughty Marietta* and rose to prominence on stage, starring in musicals such as *Maytime* (1917). She appeared in numerous Broadway and London productions over five decades, including the original New York production of Noël Coward’s *Blithe Spirit* (1941). Wood’s film roles were fewer but included Miss Phillips in *A Star Is Born* (1937). She is best known for playing the title character in the television series *Mama* (1949–1957), for which she received Emmy nominations, Naomi in *The Story of Ruth* (1960), and Mother Abbess in *The Sound of Music* (1965), earning Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for the latter. She died in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1978. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com, encyclopedia.com, m.imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Sound of Music* (1965), Fi1m 86, as Mother Abbess — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md) - *A Star Is Born* (1937), Fi1m 78, as Miss Phillips — [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Welcome to Woop Woop* (1998), as Mother Superior (archive footage) (uncredited) - *The Sound of Music* (1965), as Mother Abbess — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md) - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Katie Harris - *The Story of Ruth* (1960), as Naomi - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Sarah Jolland - *Mama* (1949), series, as Marta Hansen - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Mrs. Oliver Jordan, Florence McDavid - *Dream Girl* (1948), as Lucy Allerton - *Magnificent Doll* (1946), as Mrs. Payne - *The Bride Wore Boots* (1946), as Grace Apley - *The Housekeeper's Daughter* (1939), as Olga - *A Star Is Born* (1937), as Miss Phillips — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born-1937.md) - *Call It a Day* (1937), as Ethel Francis - *Jalna* (1935), as Meg Whiteoaks - *The Right to Live* (1935), as Nurse Weyland - *Handy Andy* (1934), as Ernestine Yates - *Wonder of Women* (1929), as Brigitte - *Almost a Husband* (1919), as Eva McElwyn ## Gallery - ![Peggy Wood](https://film.one/media/person/449701/gallery-74f745876c0e.jpg) Peggy Wood — Sarony, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Portrait_of_Peggy_Wood.jpg/1280px-Portrait_of_Peggy_Wood.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Actress Peggy Wood (1923)](https://film.one/media/person/449701/gallery-a6f55923ba24.jpg) Actress Peggy Wood (1923) — Edward Thayer Monroe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Peggy_Wood_1923.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![American actress Peggy Wood on page 27 of the December 1922 Shadowland.](https://film.one/media/person/449701/gallery-3e83b8f7ab2f.jpg) American actress Peggy Wood on page 27 of the December 1922 Shadowland. — Edward Thayer Monroe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Peggy_Wood_-_Dec_1920_Shadowland.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Actress Peggy Wood, on page 27 of the May 1922 Shadowland.](https://film.one/media/person/449701/gallery-b9a2e09c6cfc.jpg) Actress Peggy Wood, on page 27 of the May 1922 Shadowland. — Victor Georg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Peggy_Wood_-_May_1922_Shadowland.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Peggy Wood, stage actress Subjects: actresses (1916)](https://film.one/media/person/449701/gallery-1724dcb70381.jpg) Peggy Wood, stage actress Subjects: actresses (1916) — Underwood and Underwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Peggy_Wood%2C_stage_actress_%28SAYRE_11670%29.jpg/1280px-Peggy_Wood%2C_stage_actress_%28SAYRE_11670%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Promotional photograph of Peggy Wood and Charles Purcell in Maytime Caption reads as follows:Scenes from "Maytime." Ottillie Van Zandt and Richard Wayne are a r (1917)](https://film.one/media/person/449701/gallery-92a976b9df5d.jpg) Promotional photograph of Peggy Wood and Charles Purcell in Maytime Caption reads as follows:Scenes from "Maytime." Ottillie Van Zandt and Richard Wayne are a r (1917) — Stage Publishing Company, Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Maytime-1917-1.jpg/1280px-Maytime-1917-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1966: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Sound of Music* ### Other awards — 1 won - St. Olav's Medal 1951: St. Olav's Medal (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/peggy-wood