Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 16, 1913
Died
May 04, 2015
Place of Birth
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
72 titles
Ellen Albertini Dow
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.
Known For
Filmography
Frank the Bastard
Dora
Not Another Not Another Movie
Rose
New Girl
Aunt Ruthie
Shameless
The Real Aunt Ginger
The Invited
Natalie Shaw
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Mrs. Bessler
In Case of Emergency
The Blue Hour
Anabella
Fat Girls
Mildred
Hannah Montana
Kathrine McCord
My Name Is Earl
Gertrude Balboa
Wedding Crashers
Grandma Mary Cleary
American Dad!
Helen Washburn (voice)
Annie's Point
Louise Tette
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Mrs. Knapp
Cold Case
Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
Las Vegas
Dottie Arkin
Eight Crazy Nights
See's Candies Box (voice)
Longshot
Ms. Fleisher
Scrubs
Betty
Six Feet Under
Roberta
Nikki
Miss Marie
Road Trip
Barry's Grandma
Ready to Rumble
Mrs. MacKenzie
Judging Amy
Mrs. Powell
Payne
Flo
Family Guy
Elderly Woman (voice)
Patch Adams
Aggie
Will & Grace
Sylvia Walker
54
Disco Dottie
Carnival of Souls
Mrs. Meltzer
The Wedding Singer
Rosie
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
Just Shoot Me!
Mrs. Gallo
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Old Lady
Suddenly Susan
Lily
Arli$$
Amelia
Murder One
Ned & Stacey
Mrs. Porter
Problem Child 3
Lila Duvane
Hope and Gloria
Miss Mae
Cybill
Elderly Woman
Radioland Murders
Organist
ER
Mrs. Riblet
On Our Own
Little Old Lady
Sister, Sister
Betty
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Choir Nun
The Nanny
Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
Dave's World
Craft Granny
The John Larroquette Show
Old Woman