Ellen Albertini Dow


    Starbirth:
    November 16, 1913
    Supernova:
    May 4, 2015
    Birthplace:
    Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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Overview

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.


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