Q: Mary Margaret "Peggy" 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 was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.\n\nAnswer this question based on the passage: who played the reverend mother in the sound of music? Let's give stream of consciousness first:
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To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: 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 was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Therefore, the final answer is Mary Margaret `` Peggy '' Wood.
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