Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting
🎂 1913-11-16
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.
Cast credits(75)
Elderly Woman (voice)
1999
Aunt Helen (voice)
1999
Helen Washburn (voice)
2005
Momma
1989
The Real Aunt Ginger
2011
Felisa
1987
Mrs. Tambora
1988
Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)
1993
1989
Gertrude Balboa
2005
1982
Dorothy Benson
1982
Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
2003
Old Lady
1996
Grandma
1989
Mrs. Riblet
1994
2003
Roberta
2001
(segment "Need to Know")
1985
(segment "The Storyteller")
1985
Mrs. Leonard
1985
Lillian
1985
Sarah
1985
Mrs. Baer
1985
Betty
1994
Old Woman
1993
Betty
2001
Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
1997
Sylvia Walker
1998
Aunt Belle
1988
Aunt Ruthie
2011
Miss Marie
2000
Debbie
1990
Kathrine McCord
2006
Miss Abbington
1992
Mrs. Porter
1995
Little Old Lady #1
1994
Miss Mae
1995
Mrs. Powell
1999
Craft Granny
1993
1995
Mrs. Gallo
1997
1995
Mrs. Knapp
2004
Choir Nun
1992
Grandma Mary Cleary
2005
Lily
1996
Barry's Grandma
2000
Choir Nun
1993
Aggie
1998
Rosie
1998
Lydia
1989
Nanny
1989
Lila Duvane
1995
Disco Dottie
1998
Flo
1999
2007
See's Candies Box (voice)
2002
Mrs. MacKenzie
2000
Mrs. Coulson
1992
Nun
1990
1987
Organist
1994
Ms. Fleisher
2001
Little Old Lady
1987
Mrs. Bessler
2009
Mrs. Meltzer
1998
Rose
2011
Louise Tette
2005
Grandma Haldane
1988
Mildred
2006
Betsy
1992
Natalie Shaw
2010
Dora
2015
2007