- Peggy Wood, The Sound of Music, 1964. The classical pianist turned actress from London – and often straight man for Lucille Ball or Jack Benny – won the role of the Mother Superior. Then, the suits changed minds and Wood was deemed superior to Varden – and she became the lowly Frau Schmidt, housekeeper for Christopher Plaummer and all his Von Trapp kids.
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