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

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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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