Ellen Albertini Dow
Actor
- Born
- November 16, 1913 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- May 4, 2015 (age 101)
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.
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Known for
Wedding Crashers
July 13, 2005
Sister Act
May 28, 1992
Patch Adams
December 25, 1998
Road Trip
May 19, 2000
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
December 9, 1993
The Wedding Singer
February 13, 1998
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
February 28, 1992
54
August 28, 1998
Eight Crazy Nights
November 27, 2002
My Blue Heaven
August 17, 1990
Problem Child 3
May 13, 1995
Ready to Rumble
April 7, 2000
Acting27
- 2015Frank the Bastard as Dora
- 2011Not Another Not Another Movie as Rose
- 2010The Invited as Natalie Shaw
- 2009Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling as Mrs. Bessler
- 2007The Blue Hour as Anabella
- 2006Fat Girls as Mildred
- 2005Wedding Crashers as Grandma Mary Cleary
- 2005Annie's Point as Louise Tette
- 2002Eight Crazy Nights as See's Candies Box (voice)
- 2001Longshot