Ellen Albertini Dow

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

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

  • ER

    ER

  • The Nanny

    The Nanny

  • Scrubs

    Scrubs

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • New Girl

    New Girl

  • Quantum Leap

    Quantum Leap

  • Las Vegas

    Las Vegas

  • Six Feet Under

    Six Feet Under

  • The Wonder Years

    The Wonder Years

  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

    Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

  • Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • My Name Is Earl

    My Name Is Earl

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • Family Matters

    Family Matters

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • Wings

    Wings

  • Hannah Montana

    Hannah Montana

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

  • Just Shoot Me!

    Just Shoot Me!

  • Murphy Brown

    Murphy Brown

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • Newhart

    Newhart

  • The John Larroquette Show

    The John Larroquette Show

  • Murder One

    Murder One

  • Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

    Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

  • Cybill

    Cybill

  • Space Case

    Space Case

  • Nikki

    Nikki

  • Dave's World

    Dave's World

  • Hearts Afire

    Hearts Afire

  • Ned & Stacey

    Ned & Stacey

  • Wedding Crashers

    Wedding Crashers

  • Sister Act

    Sister Act

  • My Blue Heaven

    My Blue Heaven

  • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

    Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

  • Frank the Bastard

    Frank the Bastard

  • Ready to Rumble

    Ready to Rumble

  • Munchies

    Munchies

  • Suddenly Susan

    Suddenly Susan

  • Road Trip

    Road Trip

  • Patch Adams

    Patch Adams

  • Hope and Gloria

    Hope and Gloria

  • Blood and Concrete

    Blood and Concrete

  • On Our Own

    On Our Own

  • The Wedding Singer

    The Wedding Singer

  • Fat Girls

    Fat Girls

  • 54

    54

  • Eight Crazy Nights

    Eight Crazy Nights

  • Christine Cromwell

    Christine Cromwell

  • Christine Cromwell

    Christine Cromwell

  • Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man

  • Problem Child 3

    Problem Child 3

  • Payne

    Payne

  • In Case of Emergency

    In Case of Emergency

  • Carnival of Souls

    Carnival of Souls

  • Radioland Murders

    Radioland Murders

  • Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

    Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

  • Annie's Point

    Annie's Point

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • The Invited

    The Invited

  • Longshot

    Longshot

  • Not Another Not Another Movie

    Not Another Not Another Movie

  • Going to the Chapel

    Going to the Chapel

  • American Drive-In

    American Drive-In

  • The Blue Hour

    The Blue Hour