Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: November 16, 1913
Place of Birth: Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Dora
as Aunt Ruthie
as The Real Aunt Ginger
as Natalie Shaw
as Mrs. Bessler
as Mildred
as Kathrine McCord
as Gertrude Balboa
as Grandma Mary Cleary
as Helen Washburn (voice)
as Louise Tette
as Mrs. Knapp
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
as Dottie Arkin
as See's Candies Box (voice)
as Ms. Fleisher
as Betty
as Roberta
as Miss Marie
as Barry's Grandma
as Mrs. MacKenzie
as Mrs. Powell
as Flo
as Elderly Woman (voice)
as Aunt Helen (voice)
as Aggie
as Sylvia Walker
as Disco Dottie
as Mrs. Meltzer
as Rosie
as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
as Mrs. Gallo
as Old Lady
as Lily
as Mrs. Porter
as Lila Duvane
as Miss Mae
as Organist
as Mrs. Riblet
as Little Old Lady
as Betty
as Choir Nun
as Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)
as Craft Granny
as Old Woman
as Miss Abbington
as Choir Nun
as Mrs. Coulson
as Betsy
as Old Lady
as Nun
as Debbie
as Lydia
as Nanny
as Momma
as Grandma
as Aunt Belle
as Grandma Haldane
as Mrs. Tambora
as Felisa
as Little Old Lady
as (segment "Need to Know")
as (segment "The Storyteller")
as Mrs. Leonard
as Lillian
as Sarah
as Mrs. Baer
as Dorothy Benson