
Mary Margaret Wood 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 Acad
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 76 |
| 1965 | The Sound of MusicMovie | Mother Abbess | 73 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSeries | Self | 70 |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareSeries | Katie Harris | 69 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self | 69 |
| 1960 | The Story of RuthMovie | Naomi | 68 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries | Sarah Jolland | 64 |
| 1953 | Main Street to BroadwayMovie | Self (uncredited) | 61 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries | Mrs. Oliver Jordan | 56 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries | Self | 56 |
| 1946 | Magnificent DollMovie | Mrs. Payne | 54 |
| 1939 | The Housekeeper's DaughterMovie | Olga | 47 |
| 1937 | Call It a DayMovie | Ethel Francis | 45 |
| 1935 | JalnaMovie | Meg Whiteoaks | 43 |
| 1929 | Wonder of WomenMovie | Brigitte | 37 |