# Mary Entwistle Pennington

> Mary Pennington (Updike) Weatherall was a visual artist and the first wife of John Updike. Many of Updike's early characters were modeled after her, particularly in his short stories about the Maple family and his novel Couples. Weatherall was the mother of artist Elizabeth Updike Cobblah and writer David Updike, and the maternal aunt of poet Molly Fisk.

*American artist (1930-2018)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Born:** 1930-01-26
- **Died:** 2018-02-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 39.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Mary Pennington (Updike) Weatherall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pennington_(Updike)_Weatherall)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108674983)

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