Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting
Born 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
Jul 28, 2015
Not Another Not Another Movie
Oct 17, 2011
The Invited
Jan 1, 2010
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Jan 13, 2009
The Blue Hour
Jan 1, 2007
Fat Girls
Apr 28, 2006
Wedding Crashers
Jul 13, 2005
Annie's Point
Jan 22, 2005
Eight Crazy Nights
Nov 27, 2002
Longshot
Oct 25, 2001
Road Trip
May 19, 2000
Ready to Rumble
Apr 7, 2000
Patch Adams
Dec 25, 1998
54
Aug 28, 1998
Carnival of Souls
Aug 21, 1998
The Wedding Singer
Feb 13, 1998
Problem Child 3
May 13, 1995
Radioland Murders
Oct 21, 1994
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Dec 9, 1993
Sister Act
May 28, 1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Feb 28, 1992
Space Case
Jan 1, 1992
Blood and Concrete
Sep 13, 1991
My Blue Heaven
Aug 17, 1990
Going to the Chapel
Oct 9, 1988
Munchies
Mar 1, 1987
American Drive-In
Sep 19, 1985