Ellen Albertini Dow

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

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

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • Shameless

    Shameless

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • Seinfeld

    Seinfeld

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • The Nanny

    The Nanny

  • Scrubs

    Scrubs

  • ER

    ER

  • New Girl

    New Girl

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

    Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

  • Las Vegas

    Las Vegas

  • Quantum Leap

    Quantum Leap

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • The Wonder Years

    The Wonder Years

  • Six Feet Under

    Six Feet Under

  • My Name Is Earl

    My Name Is Earl

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • Family Matters

    Family Matters

  • Wings

    Wings

  • Hannah Montana

    Hannah Montana

  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

  • Dave's World

    Dave's World

  • Just Shoot Me!

    Just Shoot Me!

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Cybill

    Cybill

  • Murphy Brown

    Murphy Brown

  • Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

    Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

  • The John Larroquette Show

    The John Larroquette Show

  • Murder One

    Murder One

  • Suddenly Susan

    Suddenly Susan

  • Patch Adams

    Patch Adams

  • Road Trip

    Road Trip

  • Hearts Afire

    Hearts Afire

  • Ned & Stacey

    Ned & Stacey

  • Nikki

    Nikki

  • Wedding Crashers

    Wedding Crashers

  • Hope and Gloria

    Hope and Gloria

  • The Wedding Singer

    The Wedding Singer

  • Problem Child 3

    Problem Child 3

  • Eight Crazy Nights

    Eight Crazy Nights

  • Sister Act

    Sister Act

  • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

    Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

  • Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

    Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man

  • 54

    54

  • On Our Own

    On Our Own

  • My Blue Heaven

    My Blue Heaven

  • Longshot

    Longshot

  • Annie's Point

    Annie's Point

  • Not Another Not Another Movie

    Not Another Not Another Movie

  • Frank the Bastard

    Frank the Bastard

  • In Case of Emergency

    In Case of Emergency

  • Ready to Rumble

    Ready to Rumble

  • Christine Cromwell

    Christine Cromwell

  • Christine Cromwell

    Christine Cromwell

  • The Blue Hour

    The Blue Hour

  • Munchies

    Munchies

  • Going to the Chapel

    Going to the Chapel

  • Payne

    Payne

  • The Invited

    The Invited

  • Space Case

    Space Case

  • Carnival of Souls

    Carnival of Souls

  • Radioland Murders

    Radioland Murders

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Fat Girls

    Fat Girls