Ellen Albertini Dow

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Female

Birthday

1913-11-16

Day of death

2015-05-04 (101 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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 article Ellen Albertini Dow,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Shameless

    Shameless

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Seinfeld

    Seinfeld

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Scrubs

    Scrubs

  • The Nanny

    The Nanny

  • New Girl

    New Girl

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • ER

    ER

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Quantum Leap

    Quantum Leap

  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

    Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

  • Six Feet Under

    Six Feet Under

  • Las Vegas

    Las Vegas

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • Family Matters

    Family Matters

  • The Wonder Years

    The Wonder Years

  • Wings

    Wings

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • My Name Is Earl

    My Name Is Earl

  • Hannah Montana

    Hannah Montana

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

    Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Just Shoot Me!

    Just Shoot Me!

  • Murphy Brown

    Murphy Brown

  • Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

    Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

  • Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

    Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

  • Cybill

    Cybill

  • Wedding Crashers

    Wedding Crashers

  • The John Larroquette Show

    The John Larroquette Show

  • Dave's World

    Dave's World

  • Murder One

    Murder One

  • Sister Act

    Sister Act

  • Hearts Afire

    Hearts Afire

  • Ned & Stacey

    Ned & Stacey

  • On Our Own

    On Our Own

  • Patch Adams

    Patch Adams

  • Road Trip

    Road Trip

  • Suddenly Susan

    Suddenly Susan

  • Nikki

    Nikki

  • Munchies

    Munchies

  • Eight Crazy Nights

    Eight Crazy Nights

  • The Wedding Singer

    The Wedding Singer

  • Problem Child 3

    Problem Child 3

  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man

  • 54

    54

  • Fat Girls

    Fat Girls

  • Hope and Gloria

    Hope and Gloria

  • Not Another Not Another Movie

    Not Another Not Another Movie

  • My Blue Heaven

    My Blue Heaven

  • Christine Cromwell

    Christine Cromwell

  • Christine Cromwell

    Christine Cromwell

  • Ready to Rumble

    Ready to Rumble

  • Payne

    Payne

  • In Case of Emergency

    In Case of Emergency

  • The Blue Hour

    The Blue Hour

  • Space Case

    Space Case

  • Going to the Chapel

    Going to the Chapel

  • Blood and Concrete

    Blood and Concrete

  • Annie's Point

    Annie's Point

  • Radioland Murders

    Radioland Murders

  • Frank the Bastard

    Frank the Bastard

  • Carnival of Souls

    Carnival of Souls

  • The Invited

    The Invited

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Longshot

    Longshot