Ellen Albertini Dow
Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American film and television character actress and drama coach. She portrayed feisty old ladies and may be best known as the rapping grandmother Rosie in The Wedding Singer (1998), performing "Rappers Delight". Dow's other film roles include elderly lady Mary Cleary who "outs" her grandson in Wedding Crashers, Disco Dottie in 54, the recipient of Christopher Lloyd's character's slapstick in Radioland Murders and a choir nun in Sister Act. She was best known to small screen audiences for her guest appearances on sitcom The Golden Girls. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Albertini Dow,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 16, 1913 In Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 54
- First Appeared:
- In the series Newhart 1982-10-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Frank the Bastard 2015-07-28
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Frank the Bastard | Dora | 2015-07-28 |
| Movie | Not Another Not Another Movie | Rose | 2011-10-17 |
| Movie | The Invited | Natalie Shaw | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling | Mrs. Bessler | 2009-01-13 |
| Movie | The Blue Hour | 2007-01-01 | |
| Series | In Case of Emergency | Unknown | 2007-01-03 |
| Series | Hannah Montana | Unknown | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | Fat Girls | Mildred | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Annie's Point | Louise Tette | 2005-01-22 |
| Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
| Series | My Name Is Earl | Unknown | 2005-09-20 |
| Movie | Wedding Crashers | Grandma Mary Cleary | 2005-07-13 |
| Series | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Unknown | 2004-09-12 |
| Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Eight Crazy Nights | See's Candies Box (voice) | 2002-11-27 |
| Series | Six Feet Under | Unknown | 2001-06-03 |
| Movie | Longshot | Ms. Fleisher | 2001-10-25 |
| Series | Scrubs | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
| Movie | Ready to Rumble | Mrs. MacKenzie | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Road Trip | Barry's Grandma | 2000-05-19 |
| Series | Judging Amy | Unknown | 1999-09-19 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Series | Payne | 1999-03-15 | |
| Movie | Carnival of Souls | Mrs. Meltzer | 1998-08-21 |
| Movie | The Wedding Singer | Rosie | 1998-02-13 |
| Movie | 54 | Disco Dottie | 1998-08-28 |
| Movie | Patch Adams | Aggie | 1998-12-25 |
| Series | Will & Grace | Unknown | 1998-09-21 |
| Series | Just Shoot Me! | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
| Series | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Old Lady | 1996-09-27 |
| Series | Cybill | Unknown | 1995-01-02 |
| Movie | Problem Child 3 | Lila Duvane | 1995-05-13 |
| Series | Murder One | Unknown | 1995-09-20 |
| Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
| Movie | Radioland Murders | Organist | 1994-10-21 |
| Series | The Nanny | Unknown | 1993-11-03 |
| Movie | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Choir Nun | 1993-12-09 |
| Movie | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Mrs. Coulson | 1992-02-28 |
| Movie | Space Case | Betsy | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Sister Act | Choir Nun | 1992-05-28 |
| Movie | My Blue Heaven | Nun | 1990-08-17 |
| Series | Quantum Leap | Unknown | 1989-03-26 |
| Series | Family Matters | Unknown | 1989-09-22 |
| Series | Seinfeld | Unknown | 1989-07-05 |
| Series | The Wonder Years | Mrs. Tambora | 1988-01-31 |
| Movie | Going to the Chapel | Grandma Haldane | 1988-10-09 |
| Series | Beauty and the Beast | Unknown | 1987-09-25 |
| Movie | Munchies | Little Old Lady | 1987-03-01 |
| Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Unknown | 1987-09-28 |
| Series | Moonlighting | Unknown | 1985-03-03 |
| Series | The Golden Girls | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
| Series | Newhart | Unknown | 1982-10-02 |