Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting
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…
Filmography
72
Frank the Bastard
2015
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
New Girl
2011
Shameless
2011
The Invited
2010
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
In Case of Emergency
2007
The Blue Hour
2007
Fat Girls
2006
Hannah Montana
2006
My Name Is Earl
2005
Wedding Crashers
2005
American Dad!
2005
Annie's Point
2005
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004
Cold Case
2003
Las Vegas
2003
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
Longshot
2001
Scrubs
2001
Six Feet Under
2001
Nikki
2000
Road Trip
2000
Ready to Rumble
2000
Judging Amy
1999
Payne
1999
Family Guy
1999
Patch Adams
1998
Will & Grace
1998
54
1998
Carnival of Souls
1998
The Wedding Singer
1998
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Suddenly Susan
1996
Arli$$
1996
Murder One
1995
Ned & Stacey
1995
Problem Child 3
1995
Hope and Gloria
1995
Cybill
1995
Radioland Murders
1994
ER
1994
On Our Own
1994
Sister, Sister
1994
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
The Nanny
1993
Dave's World
1993
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Hearts Afire
1992
Sister Act
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
Space Case
1992
Blood and Concrete
1991
My Blue Heaven
1990
Wings
1990
Christine Cromwell
1989
Family Matters
1989
Seinfeld
1989
Quantum Leap
1989
Murphy Brown
1988
Going to the Chapel
1988
The Wonder Years
1988
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Munchies
1987
The Twilight Zone
1985
American Drive-In
1985
The Golden Girls
1985
Moonlighting
1985
Newhart
1982