MARY MARGARET 'PEGGY' WOOD 1930s Autograph / Signed-Photograph, Sound of Music for Sale

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MARY MARGARET 'PEGGY' WOOD 1930s Autograph / Signed-Photograph, Sound of Music:
$99.99

This is an original photograph, inscribed and hand-signed by actress, Peggy Wood.

DATE:Circa 1930s

SIZE: About 4.75" 7.25"

CONDITION:Generally clean condition.

From Wikipedia on Wood:

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 seriesMama(1949–1957), for which she was nominated for aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; her starring role asNaomi, Ruth's mother-in-law, inThe Story of Ruth(1960); and her final screen appearance asMother AbbessinThe Sound of Music(1965), for which she was nominated for anAcademy Awardand aGolden Globe Award.

Mary Margaret Wood was born inBrooklyn, New York, the daughter of Eugene Wood, a journalist, and Mary Gardner, a telegraph operator. She studied voice in France with sopranoEmma Calvé. Wood was an early member of theActors' Equity Association, spending nearly 50 years onstage, beginning in the chorus and becoming known as a Broadwaysinger and star. Wood made her stage debut in 1910, as part of the chorus forNaughty Marietta. In 1917, she starred inMaytime, 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 ofThe Merchant of Venice. From the late 1920s until the late 1930s, Wood had lead roles in musicals staged inLondonandNew York. She was selected byNoël Cowardto star in the original London production of his wildly successful operettaBitter Sweet.

According to a 1920 profile, Wood also wrote plays "in collaboration with her father and withSamuel Merwin."She was a member of theAlgonquin Round Table.

In 1941, she starred in the New York premiere ofBlithe Spiritas Ruth Condomine, whose husband is tormented by the ghost of his deceased first wife. Wood did not star in many films. Her few film appearances include roles inJalna,A Star Is Born,Call It a Day,The Housekeeper's Daughter,The Bride Wore Boots,Magnificent Doll, andDream Girl. From 1949 to 1957, she played matriarch Marta Hansen on the popular seriesMama, based on the1943 Broadway playand 1948 filmI Remember Mama. WhenGeneral Foodscancelled the program, there was so much protest that CBS brought it back on Sunday afternoon, this time as a filmed series. As the network did not have all the affiliate station clearances that were needed, the show was put into syndication, where it was a huge success. 26 episodes were filmed.

Following "Mama", Wood was seen in episodes ofZane Grey TheatreandThe Nurses. She co-starred with comedianImogene Cocaon Broadway inThe Girls in 509. In October 1963, she and Ruth Gates appeared in the one-act playOpening Night, which played in off-Broadway. Wood portrayed Fanny Ellis, a once famous star who prepares for a performance; the play lasted 47 performances. Gates played "Aunt Jenny" onMama, which starred Wood.

Wood returned to movies in the 1960CinemaScopeproductionThe Story of Ruthin a co-starring role as the mother-in-law, Naomi, of the title character, although she pointed out the lack of verisimilitude in her own casting as a biblical matriarch, i.e. a "blonde, blue-eyed Jewess". Her final screen appearance was as the Mother Abbess inThe Sound of Music(1965), for which she was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actressand theGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture. She was thrilled to be in the movie, but she knew she could no longer sing "Climb Ev'ry Mountain". She was dubbed (for singing) by Margery McKay. In her autobiography,Marni Nixon, who appeared in the film as Sister Sophia, said Peggy especially liked McKay's singing voice because she sounded as Peggy did in her younger days. In 1969, Wood joined the cast ofOne Life to Liveas Dr. Kate Nolan, and had a recurring role until the end of the year.

Her first autobiographyHow Young You Lookwas published by Farrar and Rinehart in 1941. The updated versionArts and Flowersappeared in 1963. She wrote a biography of actorJohn Drew, Jr.and a novel titledThe Star Wagonas well as co-wrote the playMiss Quis. Wood received numerous awards for her theatrical work and for a while was president of theAmerican National Theater and Academy(ANTA).

Wood was married and widowed twice. Her first husband (poet/writerJohn Van Alstyne Weaver) died at the age of 44. She gave birth to their son (David Weaver) in 1927 at the age of 35. Her second husband (William H. Walling, whom she wed in 1946) was an executive in the printing business who died in 1973. They were married for 27 years.She was a devoutEpiscopalianand a member of the Episcopal Actors Guild.

Wood died on March 18, 1978, inStamford, Connecticut, following a stroke. She was 86 years old.

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