Ellen Albertini Dow
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1913-11-16 (102 years old)
Deathday
2015-05-04
Place of Birth
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
The Rapping Granny
The Rapping Grandmother
Ellen Albertini Dow
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. Description above from the Wikipedia arti...
Acting
1998
as Aggie
1998
as Disco Dottie
1998
as Rosie
1987
as Little Old Lady
2000
as Mrs. MacKenzie
2005
as Grandma Mary Cleary
2005
as Louise Tette
2011
2007
1994
as Organist
2000
as Barry's Grandma
1988
as Grandma Haldane
2015
as Dora
2010
as Natalie Shaw
2002
as See's Candies Box (voice)
2001
as Ms. Fleisher
1998
as Mrs. Meltzer
2006
as Mildred
1992
as Betsy
1992
as Choir Nun
1993
as Choir Nun
1995
as Lila Duvane
1992
as Mrs. Coulson
1990
as Nun
2009
as Mrs. Bessler
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