Peggy Wood: Peggy Wood. Actress: The Sound of Music. Above all else, singer/actress Peggy Wood has endeared herself to both TV and film audiences with one single role in each medium. She made warm, lasting impressions as the benevolent, strong-willed Scandinanvian matriarch Marta Hansen in the series drama Mama (1949), and as the knowing Mother Abbess who gently but firmly steers Julie Andrews' novice away from the nunnery and into the arms...
Known For: The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess), Mama (MamaMama HansenMarta 'Mama' HansenMarta Hansen), The Story of Ruth (Naomi), A Star Is Born (Miss Phillips - Central Casting Clerk)