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 an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award. More about Peggy Wood
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Mary Margaret Wood was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Eugene Wood, a journalist, and Mary Gardner, a telegraph operator. She studied voice in France with soprano Emma Calvé. Wood was an early member of the Actors' Equity Association, spending nearly 50 years onstage, beginning in the chorus and becoming known as a Broadway singer and star. Wood made her stage debut in 1910, as part of the chorus for Naughty Marietta. In 1917, she starred in Maytime, in which she introduced the song "Will You Remember". She starred in several other musicals before playing the role of Portia in a 1928 production of The Merchant of Venice. From the late 1920s until the late 1930s, Wood had lead roles in musicals staged in London and New York. She was selected by Noël Coward to star in the original London production of his wildly successful operetta Bitter Sweet.The most expensive item with a signature of Peggy Wood (Gary Cooper & Peggy Wood- Signed Vintage Album Page) was sold in October 2020 for $100.00 while the cheapest item (ACTRESS PEGGY WOOD SIGNED CUT & GREAT PRINT D.1978) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2011. The month with the most items sold (3) was September 2017 with an average selling price of $6.50 for an autographed item of Peggy Wood. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2020 with $49.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was June 2009. In average, an autographed item from Peggy Wood is worth $14.00.
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AMERICAN CHARACTER ACTRESS PEGGY WOOD ,AUTOGRAPHED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO | $49.99 | ||
PEGGY WOOD (1892-1978) (MAMA~THE SOUND OF MUSIC) AUTOGRAPH 8 x 10 PHOTO~ | $23.50 | ||
Peggy Wood - Signed 5 3/4 x 8 1950's Photo as Mama - Autograph | $40.00 | ||
PEGGY WOOD 1930’s ACTRESS MOVIE STAR VINTAGE SIGNED 8x10 AUTOGRAPH MATTE PHOTO | $19.00 | ||
Peggy Wood Autograph Silent Movie Actress In The Sound Of Music Signed Page | $17.99 | ||
Peggy Wood Autographed Album Page 1942 Popular Mama Actress D.78 | $14.00 | ||
PEGGY WOOD Autographed Signed Album Page | $14.99 | ||
Peggy Wood GREAT Signed Letter 1926 / Autographed Actress / The Sound of Music | $47.99 | ||
Peggy Wood Signature Circa 1920s / Autographed Actress / The Sound of Music | $14.99 | ||
Peggy Wood SIGNED PHOTO 8X10 Authentic Low Starting Bid Sound If Music | $9.88 |