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Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

Actor · Born 1913-11-16 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Family Guy (1999) — Elderly Woman (voice)
  2. Wedding Crashers (2005) — Grandma Mary Cleary
  3. Sister Act (1992) — Choir Nun
  4. Patch Adams (1998) — Aggie
  5. Shameless (2011) — The Real Aunt Ginger
  6. American Dad! (2005) — Helen Washburn (voice)
  7. Seinfeld (1989) — Momma
  8. Road Trip (2000) — Barry's Grandma
  9. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) — Choir Nun
  10. The Wedding Singer (1998) — Rosie
  11. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) — Felisa
  12. New Girl (2011) — Aunt Ruthie
  13. The Nanny (1993) — Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
  14. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) — Old Lady
  15. My Name Is Earl (2005) — Gertrude Balboa
  16. Six Feet Under (2001) — Roberta
  17. The Wonder Years (1988) — Mrs. Tambora
  18. Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004) — Mrs. Knapp
  19. ER (1994) — Mrs. Riblet
  20. Quantum Leap (1989) — Grandma
  21. Hannah Montana (2006) — Kathrine McCord
  22. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) — Mrs. Coulson
  23. Will & Grace (1998) — Sylvia Walker
  24. 54 (1998) — Disco Dottie
  25. Cold Case (2003) — Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
  26. Moonlighting (1985) — Mrs. Baer
  27. The Golden Girls (1985) — Mrs. Leonard
  28. Eight Crazy Nights (2002) — See's Candies Box (voice)
  29. Family Matters (1989) — Miss Gilbert
  30. Beauty and the Beast (1987) — Anna Lausch
  31. My Blue Heaven (1990) — Nun
  32. Las Vegas (2003) — Dottie Arkin
  33. The Twilight Zone (1985) — (segment "Need to Know")
  34. Problem Child 3 (1995) — Lila Duvane
  35. Just Shoot Me! (1997) — Mrs. Gallo
  36. Ready to Rumble (2000) — Mrs. MacKenzie
  37. Scrubs (2001) — Betty
  38. Wings (1990) — Debbie
  39. Sister, Sister (1994) — Betty
  40. Murphy Brown (1988) — Aunt Belle