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.
Known for
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004 · TV
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · TV
The Wonder Years
1988 · TV
Seinfeld
1989 · TV
Shameless
2011 · TV
Six Feet Under
2001 · TV
The Nanny
1993 · TV
Quantum Leap
1989 · TV
Scrubs
2001 · TV
ER
1994 · TV
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · TV
Cold Case
2003 · TV
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV
My Name Is Earl
2005 · TV
The Golden Girls
1985 · TV
Moonlighting
1985 · TV
Murder One
1995 · TV
Judging Amy
1999 · TV
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · TV
Family Guy
1999 · TV
In Case of Emergency
2007 · TV
New Girl
2011 · TV
Hearts Afire
1992 · TV
Christine Cromwell
1989 · TV
On Our Own
1994 · TV
Ned & Stacey
1995 · TV
Hope and Gloria
1995 · TV
Newhart
1982 · TV
Arli$$
1996 · TV
The John Larroquette Show
1993 · TV
Payne
1999 · TV
Dave's World
1993 · TV
Hannah Montana
2006 · TV
Sister, Sister
1994 · TV
Las Vegas
2003 · TV
American Dad!
2005 · TV
Nikki
2000 · TV
Wings
1990 · TV
Will & Grace
1998 · TV
Family Matters
1989 · TV
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · TV
Murphy Brown
1988 · TV
Suddenly Susan
1996 · TV
Cybill
1995 · TV
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · TV