Ellen Albertini Dow
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 16 November 1913 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 4 May 2015
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
Acting 29
- 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
- 2005American Dad! as Helen Washburn (voice) · 1 episode
- 2002Eight Crazy Nights as See's Candies Box (voice)
- 2001Longshot as Ms. Fleisher
- 2000Road Trip as Barry's Grandma
- 2000Ready to Rumble as Mrs. MacKenzie
- 1999Family Guy as Aunt Helen (voice) · 2 episodes
- 1998Patch Adams as Aggie
- 199854 as Disco Dottie
- 1998Carnival of Souls as Mrs. Meltzer
- 1998The Wedding Singer as Rosie
- 1995Problem Child 3 as Lila Duvane
- 1994Radioland Murders as Organist
- 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Choir Nun
- 1992Sister Act as Choir Nun
- 1992Memoirs of an Invisible Man as Mrs. Coulson
- 1992Space Case as Betsy
- 1991Blood and Concrete as Old Lady
- 1990My Blue Heaven as Nun
- 1988Going to the Chapel as Grandma Haldane
- 1987Munchies as Little Old Lady
- 1985American Drive-In as Allison