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Mary Louise Weller Dies: ‘Animal House’s Mandy Pepperidge Was 79

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Mary Louise Weller Dies: ‘Animal House’s Mandy Pepperidge Was 79. Mary Louise Weller, who played sorority girl Mandy Pepperidge in the 1978 comedy classic Animal House and had two dozen other film and TV credits, died October 1 after a brief illness — one day before her 80th birthday. Weller had played bit roles in a pair of movies and guested on TV dramas Kojak […].

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