- Born
- Nickname
- Mary Lou
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Mary Louise Weller was born September 1, 1946, and raised in Los Angeles. The onetime top New York model made her film debut with a small uncredited role in Serpico (1973).
Weller was especially memorable as a beautiful marine biologist in the made-for-TV picture Hunters of the Reef (1978) and, likewise, solid as professor Andrew Prine's college student lover in the superior haunted house horror winner The Evil (1978). But she achieved almost cultural-icon status with her excellent performance as sorority girl Mandy Pepperidge in the uproarious hit comedy National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). After "Animal House", Weller went on to play many notable roles in both comedy and drama.
- IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders
- SpouseMerritt Blake(January 12, 1981 - December 13, 1982) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsAlex WellerAnnette Weller
- Blonde bombshell roles, assertive and independent
- Was a top New York model.
- Trained with the U.S. Equestrian Team as a teenager. Has ridden competitively.
- As of August 1986 owned a three-acre spread in Malibu, CA.
- Once hoped to produce a film, from her script, based on the life of the late jockey Mary Bacon.
- Her father was born in Chester, South Carolina, to Jewish emigrants from Lithuania/Russia. Her mother was born in New York, to a Russian-born father and an English-born mother, who were both of Russian Jewish descent.
- [About her topless scene in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)] The only way I could do the scene was not to feel hot and sexy. So in my mind I made one breast a puppy and the other one a kitten.
- [About doing Hunters of the Reef (1978)] Being outdoors with all this water activity is great. I've been a lifeguard and taught swimming and deep sea [sic] diving before. For me, working on this show has been a piece of mind.
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