Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

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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PHOTOS

TV Series

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

8.095
Seinfeld

Seinfeld

8.26
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.974
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.391
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.4
In Case of Emergency

In Case of Emergency

10
Judging Amy

Judging Amy

7.519
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

7.538
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

7.748
My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl

7.661
The Nanny

The Nanny

8.074
Cold Case

Cold Case

7.8
Las Vegas

Las Vegas

7.017
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

7.442
Moonlighting

Moonlighting

7.5
Cybill

Cybill

5.781
Murder One

Murder One

7.759
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

8.025
Newhart

Newhart

7.102
Family Matters

Family Matters

6.7
The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

8.328
Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

7.14
Scrubs

Scrubs

8.011
Will & Grace

Will & Grace

6.8
Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me!

6.616
ER

ER

7.824
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

7.237
New Girl

New Girl

7.356
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.391
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

7.804
Hearts Afire

Hearts Afire

7.3
On Our Own

On Our Own

6
Payne

Payne

1
Nikki

Nikki

5.5
Hope and Gloria

Hope and Gloria

5
The John Larroquette Show

The John Larroquette Show

6.688
Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

6.403
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

8.5
Wings

Wings

6.846
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

7.538
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

7.538
Dave's World

Dave's World

6.4
Suddenly Susan

Suddenly Susan

5.704
Shameless

Shameless

8.163
Ned and Stacey

Ned and Stacey

7.2
Newhart

Newhart

7.102
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

7.748
Christine Cromwell

Christine Cromwell

7.3
Christine Cromwell

Christine Cromwell

7.3
Sister, Sister

Sister, Sister

7.044

Movies

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

7.316
54

54

5.864
The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

6.775
Munchies

Munchies

4.8
Ready to Rumble

Ready to Rumble

5.2
Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers

6.5
Annie's Point

Annie's Point

6
Not Another Not Another Movie

Not Another Not Another Movie

3.21
The Blue Hour

The Blue Hour

7
Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders

5.962
Road Trip

Road Trip

6.217
Going to the Chapel

Going to the Chapel

3.5
The Invited

The Invited

3.208
Frank the Bastard

Frank the Bastard

2.5
Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights

5.2
Longshot

Longshot

4.625
Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls

3.7
Fat Girls

Fat Girls

4.5
Space Case

Space Case

0
Sister Act

Sister Act

6.828
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

6.36
Problem Child 3

Problem Child 3

4.7
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

5.896
My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

6.1
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

4.48