Ellen Albertini Dow

Known for ActingBorn 1913-11-16Died 2015-05-04Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Space Case

In Case of Emergency

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Shameless

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The Wonder Years

Scrubs

Seinfeld

Six Feet Under

The Nanny

Quantum Leap

Cold Case

ER

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

My Name Is Earl

Hearts Afire

Murder One

Christine Cromwell

The Twilight Zone

Judging Amy

New Girl

The Golden Girls

Family Guy

Moonlighting

Beauty and the Beast

Patch Adams

Hannah Montana

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Ned & Stacey

The Blue Hour

Las Vegas

American Dad!

Sister, Sister

On Our Own

Newhart

Will & Grace

The John Larroquette Show

The Wedding Singer

Sister Act

Wings

Arli$$

Family Matters

Just Shoot Me!

Wedding Crashers

Dave's World

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Hope and Gloria

Murphy Brown