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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 16, 1913
Place of Birth:
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Frank the Bastard | Dora |
| 2011 | Not Another Not Another Movie | Rose |
| 2010 | The Invited | Natalie Shaw |
| 2009 | Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling | Mrs. Bessler |
| 2007 | The Blue Hour | |
| 2006 | Fat Girls | Mildred |
| 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Grandma Mary Cleary |
| 2005 | Annie's Point | Louise Tette |
| 2002 | Eight Crazy Nights | See's Candies Box (voice) |
| 2001 | Longshot | Ms. Fleisher |
| 2000 | Ready to Rumble | Mrs. MacKenzie |
| 2000 | Road Trip | Barry's Grandma |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Aggie |
| 1998 | 54 | Disco Dottie |
| 1998 | The Wedding Singer | Rosie |
| 1998 | Carnival of Souls | Mrs. Meltzer |
| 1995 | Problem Child 3 | Lila Duvane |
| 1994 | Radioland Murders | Organist |
| 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Choir Nun |
| 1992 | Space Case | Betsy |
| 1992 | Sister Act | Choir Nun |
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Mrs. Coulson |
| 1990 | My Blue Heaven | Nun |
| 1988 | Going to the Chapel | Grandma Haldane |
| 1987 | Munchies | Little Old Lady |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | New Girl | Aunt Ruthie |
| 2011 | Shameless | The Real Aunt Ginger |
| 2007 | In Case of Emergency | |
| 2006 | Hannah Montana | Kathrine McCord |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Helen Washburn (voice) |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Gertrude Balboa |
| 2004 | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Mrs. Knapp |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Audrey Abruzzi (2007) |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Roberta |
| 2001 | Scrubs | Betty |
| 2000 | Nikki | Miss Marie |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Elderly Woman (voice) |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Mrs. Powell |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Aunt Helen (voice) |
| 1999 | Payne | Flo |
| 1998 | Will & Grace | Sylvia Walker |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Mrs. Gallo |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock") |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Old Lady |
| 1996 | Suddenly Susan | Lily |
| 1995 | Cybill | |
| 1995 | Murder One | |
| 1995 | Hope and Gloria | Miss Mae |
| 1995 | Ned and Stacey | Mrs. Porter |
| 1994 | ER | Mrs. Riblet |
| 1994 | On Our Own | Little Old Lady #1 |
| 1994 | Sister, Sister | Betty |
| 1993 | The Nanny | Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show | Old Woman |
| 1993 | Dave's World | Craft Granny |
| 1992 | Hearts Afire | Miss Abbington |
| 1990 | Wings | Debbie |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Momma |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Grandma |
| 1989 | Family Matters | |
| 1989 | Christine Cromwell | Lydia |
| 1989 | Christine Cromwell | Nanny |
| 1988 | The Wonder Years | Mrs. Tambora |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Aunt Belle |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Felisa |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Mrs. Leonard |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "Need to Know") |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Mrs. Baer |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Lillian |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Sarah |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The Storyteller") |
| 1982 | Newhart | |
| 1982 | Newhart | Dorothy Benson |