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Bunny Levine Dies: Librarian Turned Actress Who Appeared In Everything From ‘Gilmore Girls’ To Adam Sandler Movies Was 97

Deadline · August 22, 2026 at 9:47 PM

Bunny Levine Dies: Librarian Turned Actress Who Appeared In Everything From ‘Gilmore Girls’ To Adam Sandler Movies Was 97

Bunny Levine, a librarian who took early retirement and then began acting on such shows as Gilmore Girls and Shameless as well as two Adam Sandler films, has died, according to multiple reports.

She was 97.

Levine graduated from college in 1951 and became a school librarian in New Jersey, where she

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