Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

  • Birthday: 1913-11-16
  • Deathday: 2015-05-04
  • Place of birth: Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also know as: The Rapping Granny

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.

Filmography

Patch Adams

1998

As Aggie

54

1998

As Disco Dottie

The Wedding Singer

1998

As Rosie

Ready to Rumble

2000

As Mrs. MacKenzie

Wedding Crashers

2005

As Grandma Mary Cleary

Going to the Chapel

1988

As Grandma Haldane

The Invited

2010

As Natalie Shaw

Longshot

2001

As Ms. Fleisher

Eight Crazy Nights

2002

As See's Candies Box (voice)

Frank the Bastard

2015

As Dora

Carnival of Souls

1998

As Mrs. Meltzer

Fat Girls

2006

As Mildred

Annie's Point

2005

As Louise Tette

Space Case

1992

As Betsy

Sister Act

1992

As Choir Nun

Problem Child 3

1995

As Lila Duvane

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

As Mrs. Coulson

My Blue Heaven

1990

As Nun

Munchies

1987

As Little Old Lady

Radioland Murders

1994

As Organist

Road Trip

2000

As Barry's Grandma

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