Ellen Albertini Dow
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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 Sis...
Known For
Filmography
Frank the Bastard
2015
as Dora
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
as Rose
New Girl
2011
as Aunt Ruthie
Shameless
2011
as The Real Aunt Ginger
The Invited
2010
as Natalie Shaw
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
as Mrs. Bessler
The Blue Hour
2007
as Anabella
In Case of Emergency
2007
Fat Girls
2006
as Mildred
Hannah Montana
2006
as Kathrine McCord
Wedding Crashers
2005
as Grandma Mary Cleary
Annie's Point
2005
as Louise Tette
American Dad!
2005
as Helen Washburn (voice)
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Gertrude Balboa
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004
as Mrs. Knapp
Cold Case
2003
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
Las Vegas
2003
as Dottie Arkin
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
as See's Candies Box (voice)
Longshot
2001
as Ms. Fleisher
Six Feet Under
2001
as Roberta
Scrubs
2001
as Betty
Ready to Rumble
2000
as Mrs. MacKenzie
Road Trip
2000
as Barry's Grandma
Nikki
2000
as Miss Marie
Family Guy
1999
as Elderly Woman (voice)
Judging Amy
1999
as Mrs. Powell
Family Guy
1999
as Aunt Helen (voice)
Payne
1999
as Flo
Patch Adams
1998
as Aggie
54
1998
as Disco Dottie
The Wedding Singer
1998
as Rosie
Carnival of Souls
1998
as Mrs. Meltzer
Will & Grace
1998
as Sylvia Walker
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Mrs. Gallo
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Old Lady
Suddenly Susan
1996
as Lily
Arli$$
1996
as Amelia
Problem Child 3
1995
as Lila Duvane
Cybill
1995
as Elderly Woman
Murder One
1995
Hope and Gloria
1995
as Miss Mae
Ned & Stacey
1995
as Mrs. Porter
Radioland Murders
1994
as Organist
ER
1994
as Mrs. Riblet
Sister, Sister
1994
as Betty
On Our Own
1994
as Little Old Lady
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Choir Nun
The Nanny
1993
as Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
The John Larroquette Show
1993
as Old Woman
Dave's World
1993
as Craft Granny
Space Case
1992
as Betsy
Sister Act
1992
as Choir Nun
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Mrs. Coulson
Hearts Afire
1992
as Miss Abbington
Blood and Concrete
1991
as Old Lady
My Blue Heaven
1990
as Nun
Wings
1990
as Debbie
Seinfeld
1989
as Momma
Quantum Leap
1989
as Grandma
Family Matters
1989
as Miss Gilbert
Christine Cromwell
1989
as Lydia
Christine Cromwell
1989
as Nanny
Going to the Chapel
1988
as Grandma Haldane
The Wonder Years
1988
as Mrs. Tambora
Murphy Brown
1988
as Aunt Belle
Munchies
1987
as Little Old Lady
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Felisa
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Anna Lausch
American Drive-In
1985
as Allison
The Golden Girls
1985
as Mrs. Leonard
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Need to Know")
Moonlighting
1985
as Mrs. Baer
The Golden Girls
1985
as Lillian
The Golden Girls
1985
as Sarah
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "The Storyteller")
Newhart
1982
as Dorothy Benson