Peggy Wood

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Actress

Birth Date: February 9, 1892

Death Date: March 18, 1978

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York

Peggy Wood was an actress who founded her entertainment career success with roles in film. In 1917, she had her first leading stage role in "Maytime." In 1910, she made her professional singing debut at age 18 in the chorus of "Naughty Marietta." Wood's career in acting began with her roles in various films like "Handy Andy" (1934), "A Star Is Born" (1937) with Janet Gaynor and the Joan Bennett comedy "The Housekeeper's Daughter" (1939). She also appeared in the Ginger Rogers period drama "Magnificent Doll" (1946). She continued to act in productions like the Barbara Stanwyck comedy adaptation "The Bride Wore Boots" (1946) and "Dream Girl" (1948). Wood was most recently credited in "Welcome to Woop Woop" (1998).

Wood continued to exercise her talent in the sixties through the nineties, taking on a mix of projects like "The Story of Ruth" with Stuart Whitman (1960). Wood was married to John Van Alstyn Weaver and had one child. Wood passed away in March 1978 at the age of 86.

Credits

The Dick Cavett ShowStream

Guest
Talk
1968

The Sound of Music

Actor
Mother Abbess
Show
1965

The Sound of MusicStream

Actor
Mother Abbess
Movie
1965
83%

Dr. Kildare

Guest Star
Series
1961

The Story of RuthStream

Actor
Naomi
Movie
1960

Zane Grey Theater

Actor
Series
1956

Mama

Actor
Mama
Show
1949

Magnificent Doll

Actor
Mrs. Payne
Movie
1946

The Bride Wore Boots

Actor
Grace Apley
Movie
1946

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Actor
Olga
Movie
1939

A Star Is BornStream

Actor
Miss Phillips
Movie
1937
100%

Call It a Day

Actor
Ethel Francis
Movie
1937

The Right to Live

Actor
Nurse Wayland
Movie
1935

Jalna

Actor
Meg Whiteoaks
Movie
1935

Handy Andy

Actor
Ernestine Yates
Movie
1934

Wonder of Women

Actor
Brigitte
Movie
1929