Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1913-11-16
Day of Death
2015-05-04
Place of Birth
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography (27)
Frank the Bastard
2015
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
The Invited
2010
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
The Blue Hour
2007
Fat Girls
2006
Wedding Crashers
2005
Annie's Point
2005
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
Longshot
2001
Road Trip
2000
Ready to Rumble
2000
Patch Adams
1998
54
1998
