Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting
1913-11-16 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
Frank the Bastard
2015 · Movie
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011 · Movie
New Girl
2011 · Series
Shameless
2011 · Series
The Invited
2010 · Movie
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009 · Movie
In Case of Emergency
2007 · Series
The Blue Hour
2007 · Movie
Fat Girls
2006 · Movie
Hannah Montana
2006 · Series
My Name Is Earl
2005 · Series
Wedding Crashers
2005 · Movie
American Dad!
2005 · Series
Annie's Point
2005 · Movie
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004 · Series
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Las Vegas
2003 · Series
Eight Crazy Nights
2002 · Movie
Longshot
2001 · Movie
Scrubs
2001 · Series
Six Feet Under
2001 · Series
Nikki
2000 · Series
Road Trip
2000 · Movie
Ready to Rumble
2000 · Movie
Judging Amy
1999 · Series
Payne
1999 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Patch Adams
1998 · Movie
Will & Grace
1998 · Series
54
1998 · Movie
Carnival of Souls
1998 · Movie
The Wedding Singer
1998 · Movie
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · Series
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Series
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Series
Suddenly Susan
1996 · Series
Arli$$
1996 · Series
Murder One
1995 · Series
Ned & Stacey
1995 · Series
Problem Child 3
1995 · Movie
Hope and Gloria
1995 · Series
Cybill
1995 · Series
Radioland Murders
1994 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
On Our Own
1994 · Series
Sister, Sister
1994 · Series
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 · Movie
The Nanny
1993 · Series
Dave's World
1993 · Series
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · Series
Hearts Afire
1992 · Series
Sister Act
1992 · Movie
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 · Movie
Space Case
1992 · Movie
Blood and Concrete
1991 · Movie
My Blue Heaven
1990 · Movie
Wings
1990 · Series
Christine Cromwell
1989 · Series
Family Matters
1989 · Series
Seinfeld
1989 · Series
Quantum Leap
1989 · Series
Murphy Brown
1988 · Series
Going to the Chapel
1988 · Movie
The Wonder Years
1988 · Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Series
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Series
Munchies
1987 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
American Drive-In
1985 · Movie
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
Moonlighting
1985 · Series
Newhart
1982 · Series