Ellen Albertini Dow photo

Ellen Albertini Dow

Acting

  • Born
  • November 16, 1913
  • Died
  • May 4, 2015
  • Place of birth
  • Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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.

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