Ellen Albertini Dow
Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1913
Died: May 4, 2015
Place of birth: Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
27 movies · 45 TV shows, newest first
2.3
Frank the Bastard
2015
3.2
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
7.4
New Girl
2011
8.2
Shameless
2011
3.9
The Invited
2010
4.5
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
9.0
In Case of Emergency
2007
5.8
The Blue Hour
2007
4.7
Fat Girls
2006
7.1
Hannah Montana
2006
7.6
My Name Is Earl
2005
6.5
Wedding Crashers
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
5.6
Annie's Point
2005
8.5
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
7.0
Las Vegas
2003
5.2
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
5.7
Longshot
2001
8.2
Scrubs
2001
8.1
Six Feet Under
2001
5.9
Nikki
2000
6.3
Road Trip
2000
5.2
Ready to Rumble
2000
7.5
Judging Amy
1999
4.0
Payne
1999
7.4
Family Guy
1999
7.3
Patch Adams
1998
6.9
Will & Grace
1998
5.9
54
1998
3.8
Carnival of Souls
1998
6.8
The Wedding Singer
1998
7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
6.0
Suddenly Susan
1996
6.9
Arli$$
1996
7.7
Murder One
1995
7.2
Ned & Stacey
1995
4.8
Problem Child 3
1995
6.3
Hope and Gloria
1995
5.9
Cybill
1995
5.8
Radioland Murders
1994
7.8
ER
1994
7.0
On Our Own
1994
7.0
Sister, Sister
1994
6.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
8.1
The Nanny
1993
6.5
Dave's World
1993
6.8
The John Larroquette Show
1993
7.8
Hearts Afire
1992
6.8
Sister Act
1992
5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
10.0
Space Case
1992
5.7
Blood and Concrete
1991
6.1
My Blue Heaven
1990
6.8
Wings
1990
7.8
Christine Cromwell
1989
6.7
Family Matters
1989
8.3
Seinfeld
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
6.5
Murphy Brown
1988
5.3
Going to the Chapel
1988
8.3
The Wonder Years
1988
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
7.4
Beauty and the Beast
1987
4.8
Munchies
1987
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
2.9
American Drive-In
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
7.5
Moonlighting
1985
7.2
Newhart
1982