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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CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

8.103
Seinfeld

Seinfeld

8.257
American Dad!

American Dad!

6.975
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.368
In Case of Emergency

In Case of Emergency

10
Judging Amy

Judging Amy

7.5
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

7.5
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

7.762
My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl

7.666
The Nanny

The Nanny

8.066
Cold Case

Cold Case

7.774
Las Vegas

Las Vegas

7
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

7.5
Moonlighting

Moonlighting

7.5
Cybill

Cybill

5.8
Murder One

Murder One

7.759
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

8
Newhart

Newhart

7.104
Family Matters

Family Matters

6.746
The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

8.32
Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

7.124
Scrubs

Scrubs

8.01
Will & Grace

Will & Grace

6.855
Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me!

6.6
ER

ER

7.828
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

7.2
New Girl

New Girl

7.348
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.4
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

7.812
Hearts Afire

Hearts Afire

7.3
Payne

Payne

1
On Our Own

On Our Own

6
Nikki

Nikki

5.5
Hope and Gloria

Hope and Gloria

5
The John Larroquette Show

The John Larroquette Show

6.7
Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

6.5
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

8.485
Wings

Wings

6.9
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

7.5
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

7.5
Dave's World

Dave's World

6.4
Suddenly Susan

Suddenly Susan

5.7
Shameless

Shameless

8.16
Ned and Stacey

Ned and Stacey

7.2
Newhart

Newhart

7.104
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

7.762
Christine Cromwell

Christine Cromwell

7.3
Christine Cromwell

Christine Cromwell

7.3
Sister, Sister

Sister, Sister

7.134

Movies

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

7.313
54

54

5.853
The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

6.774
Munchies

Munchies

4.9
Ready to Rumble

Ready to Rumble

5.236
Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers

6.491
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

6
Road Trip

Road Trip

6.215
Going to the Chapel

Going to the Chapel

5
The Invited

The Invited

3.3
Frank the Bastard

Frank the Bastard

2.5
Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights

5.175
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

6.8
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

6.4
Problem Child 3

Problem Child 3

4.7
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

5.9
My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

6.1
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

4.5