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Mary Louise Weller

1946 (80) • Acting

Lovely, shapely and appealing blonde actress Mary Louise Weller was born on September 1, 1946 and raised in Los Angeles. The onetime top New York model made her film debut with an uncredited tiny role in the superbly gritty cop drama Serpico (1973). Weller was especially memorable as a beautiful marine biologist in the made-for-TV picture Hunters of the Reef (1978) (TV) and, likewise, solid as professor Andrew Prine's college student lover in the superior haunted house horror winner The Evil (1978). Mary achieved her greatest enduring cult movie popularity with her excellent and inspired performance as snooty and uptight sorority snob "Mandy Pepperidge" in the uproariously raunchy'n'raucous hit comedy Animal House (1978). After "Animal House", Weller went on to play the sole non-suicidal character in The Bell Jar (1979), Martin Kove's fetching wife in the cruddy "Jaws" rip-off Blood Tide (1982), Chuck Norris' girlfriend in the exciting martial arts action opus Forced Vengeance (1982) and a funny small part in Larry Cohen's terrific tongue-in-cheek monster-on-the-loose treat Q (1982). Mary had guest spots on the TV shows "Quincy M.E." (1976), "Fantasy Island" (1977), "Supertrain" (1979), "CHiPs" (1977), "Vega$" (1978), "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (1977), "B.J. and the Bear" (1978), "Kojak" (1973), "Starsky and Hutch" (1975) and "Baretta" (1975). Weller voluntarily quit acting in film and television programs in the early 80s. She acted in a bunch of plays in New York and wrote the play "Four Alone", which was performed at the Greenhouse Theater in Pasadena. Moreover, Mary trained with the U.S. Equestrian Team as a teenager and has participated in horse-riding competitions. Weller tried to get a movie based on her own original script made about jockey "Mary Bacon", but, alas, it never came to be. She's a first cousin to writer Sheila Weller. In 1986, Mary Louise Weller purchased a large three-acre ranch in Malibu, California so she could raise horses. IMDb Mini Biography By: woodyanders

Known For

Animal House

70%

Mandy Pepperidge

1978

Starsky & Hutch

73%

Dolly Ivers

1975

CHiPs

68%

Paula

1977

Kojak

73%

Stacy

1973

Quincy, M.E.

75%

Unknown

1976

Forced Vengeance

55%

Claire Bonner

1982

The Evil

58%

Laurie Belman

1978

Blood Tide

51%

Sherry Grice

1982

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

73%

Self - Mandy Pepperidge (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998

Blood Tide

51%

Sherry Grice

1982

Q

57%

Mrs. Pauley

1982

Forced Vengeance

55%

Claire Bonner

1982

Once Upon a Spy

52%

Paige Tannehill

1980

When the Whistle Blows

50%

Unknown

1980

Valentine Magic on Love Island

37%

Denise

1980

Detective School

60%

Unknown

1979

The Bell Jar

46%

Doreen

1979

Vega$

69%

Unknown

1978

Animal House

70%

Mandy Pepperidge

1978

Hunters of the Reef

65%

Tracey Russell

1978

The Evil

58%

Laurie Belman

1978

CHiPs

68%

Paula

1977

Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.

Venessa Stendak

1977

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

71%

Unknown

1977

Quincy, M.E.

75%

Unknown

1976

Starsky & Hutch

73%

Dolly Ivers

1975

Serpico

75%

Sally - Girl at Party (uncredited)

1973

Kojak

73%

Stacy

1973

Hail

67%

Mrs. Ellinson

1973

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