Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting

Ellen Albertini Dow

Born 1913-11-16 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 2015-05-04

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

Road Trip★ 6.2
Road Trip
2000
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit★ 6.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Wedding Crashers★ 6.5
Wedding Crashers
2005
Eight Crazy Nights★ 5.1
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
Radioland Murders★ 5.9
Radioland Murders
1994
Sister Act★ 6.8
Sister Act
1992
The Wedding Singer★ 6.8
The Wedding Singer
1998
Problem Child 3★ 4.6
Problem Child 3
1995
Patch Adams★ 7.3
Patch Adams
1998
54★ 5.8
54
1998
My Blue Heaven★ 6
My Blue Heaven
1990
Memoirs of an Invisible Man★ 5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling★ 5
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
Carnival of Souls★ 3.8
Carnival of Souls
1998
Ready to Rumble★ 5.3
Ready to Rumble
2000
Munchies★ 4.6
Munchies
1987
Not Another Not Another Movie★ 3.6
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
Frank the Bastard★ 3
Frank the Bastard
2015
Annie's Point★ 6
Annie's Point
2005
Fat Girls★ 4.5
Fat Girls
2006
Longshot★ 6
Longshot
2001
Going to the Chapel★ 5
Going to the Chapel
1988
Space Case
Space Case
1992