Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

1913-11-16 – 2015-05-04 (age 101) Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.

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Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers

2005

as Grandma Mary Cleary

Sister Act
Sister Act

1992

as Choir Nun

Road Trip
Road Trip

2000

as Barry's Grandma

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Patch Adams
Patch Adams

1998

as Aggie

The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer

1998

as Rosie

54
54

1998

as Disco Dottie

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

as Mrs. Coulson

My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven

1990

as Nun

Problem Child 3
Problem Child 3

1995

as Lila Duvane

Eight Crazy Nights
Eight Crazy Nights

2002

as See's Candies Box (voice)

Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders

1994

as Organist

Ready to Rumble
Ready to Rumble

2000

as Mrs. MacKenzie

Munchies
Munchies

1987

as Little Old Lady

The Invited
The Invited

2010

as Natalie Shaw

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Longshot
Longshot

2001

as Ms. Fleisher

Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls

1998

as Mrs. Meltzer

Fat Girls
Fat Girls

2006

as Mildred

Blood and Concrete
Blood and Concrete

1991

as Old Lady