Ellen Albertini Dow
Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1913
Died: May 4, 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 Sis…
Known for
Annie's Point
2005
The Wedding Singer
1998
Going to the Chapel
1988
The Invited
2010
Wedding Crashers
2005
54
1998
Ready to Rumble
2000
Sister Act
1992
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
Frank the Bastard
2015
Space Case
1992
Problem Child 3
1995
Blood and Concrete
1991
Munchies
1987
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
The Blue Hour
2007
Carnival of Souls
1998
Road Trip
2000
American Drive-In
1985
Patch Adams
1998
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
Longshot
2001
Fat Girls
2006
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Six Feet Under
2001
Seinfeld
1989
American Dad!
2005
Family Guy
1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
In Case of Emergency
2007
My Blue Heaven
1990
Judging Amy
1999
Radioland Murders
1994
The Golden Girls
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
My Name Is Earl
2005
The Nanny
1993
Cold Case
2003
Las Vegas
2003
Moonlighting
1985
Cybill
1995
Murder One
1995
Quantum Leap
1989
Family Matters
1989
The Wonder Years
1988
Hannah Montana
2006
Will & Grace
1998
Just Shoot Me!
1997
ER
1994
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
New Girl
2011
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Hearts Afire
1992
Payne
1999
Nikki
2000
Hope and Gloria
1995
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Murphy Brown
1988
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004
Wings
1990
Dave's World
1993
Suddenly Susan
1996
Shameless
2011
Ned & Stacey
1995
Newhart
1982
Christine Cromwell
1989
Sister, Sister
1994
On Our Own
1994
Arli$$
1996
Scrubs
2001
Beauty and the Beast
1987