Ellen Albertini Dow
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1913-11-16 – 2015-05-04
Place of birth: Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Patch Adams
1998Aggie
54
1998Disco Dottie
The Wedding Singer
1998Rosie
Munchies
1987Little Old Lady
Ready to Rumble
2000Mrs. MacKenzie
Wedding Crashers
2005Grandma Mary Cleary
Annie's Point
2005Louise Tette
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011Rose
The Blue Hour
2007
Radioland Murders
1994Organist
Road Trip
2000Barry's Grandma
Going to the Chapel
1988Grandma Haldane
The Invited
2010Natalie Shaw
Frank the Bastard
2015Dora
Eight Crazy Nights
2002See's Candies Box (voice)
Longshot
2001Ms. Fleisher
Carnival of Souls
1998Mrs. Meltzer
Fat Girls
2006Mildred
Space Case
1992Betsy