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Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1913-11-16

Birth Place

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

Movies and TV shows :

54

54

1998

5.8

Movie
poster

American Dad!

2005

7.0

TV
Annie's Point

Annie's Point

2005

6.0

Movie
poster

Beauty and the Beast

1987

7.5

TV
poster

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

7.2

TV
Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls

1998

3.8

Movie
poster

Cold Case

2003

7.8

TV
poster

Cybill

1995

5.8

TV
poster

Dave's World

1993

6.4

TV
Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights

2002

5.2

Movie
poster

ER

1994

7.8

TV
poster

Family Guy

1999

7.4

TV
poster

Family Matters

1989

6.7

TV
Fat Girls

Fat Girls

2006

4.5

Movie
Frank the Bastard

Frank the Bastard

2015

3.0

Movie
Going to the Chapel

Going to the Chapel

1988

5.0

Movie
poster

Hannah Montana

2006

7.2

TV
poster

Hearts Afire

1992

8.0

TV
poster

Hope and Gloria

1995

5.0

TV
poster

In Case of Emergency

2007

10.0

TV
poster

Judging Amy

1999

7.5

TV
poster

Just Shoot Me!

1997

6.7

TV
poster

Las Vegas

2003

7.0

TV
Longshot

Longshot

2001

5.8

Movie
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

5.9

Movie
poster

Moonlighting

1985

7.5

TV
Munchies

Munchies

1987

4.9

Movie
poster

Murder One

1995

7.8

TV
poster

Murphy Brown

1988

6.4

TV
My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

1990

6.1

Movie
poster

My Name Is Earl

2005

7.7

TV
poster

Ned and Stacey

1995

7.2

TV
poster

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

2004

8.5

TV
poster

New Girl

2011

7.3

TV
poster

Newhart

1982

7.2

TV
poster

Nikki

2000

5.5

TV
Not Another Not Another Movie

Not Another Not Another Movie

2011

3.4

Movie
poster

On Our Own

1994

6.0

TV
Patch Adams

Patch Adams

1998

7.3

Movie
poster

Payne

1999

1.0

TV
Problem Child 3

Problem Child 3

1995

4.6

Movie
poster

Quantum Leap

1989

8.0

TV
Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders

1994

6.0

Movie
Ready to Rumble

Ready to Rumble

2000

5.2

Movie
Road Trip

Road Trip

2000

6.2

Movie
poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996

7.8

TV
poster

Scrubs

2001

8.0

TV
poster

Seinfeld

1989

8.3

TV
poster

Shameless

2011

8.2

TV
Sister Act

Sister Act

1992

6.8

Movie
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993

6.4

Movie
poster

Six Feet Under

2001

8.1

TV
Space Case

Space Case

1992

0.0

Movie
poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

8.4

TV
poster

Suddenly Susan

1996

5.7

TV
The Blue Hour

The Blue Hour

2007

7.0

Movie
poster

The Golden Girls

1985

7.5

TV
The Invited

The Invited

2010

3.3

Movie
poster

The John Larroquette Show

1993

6.7

TV
poster

The Nanny

1993

8.1

TV
poster

The Twilight Zone

1985

7.7

TV
The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

1998

6.8

Movie
poster

The Wonder Years

1988

8.3

TV
Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers

2005

6.5

Movie
poster

Will & Grace

1998

6.8

TV
poster

Wings

1990

6.9

TV
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

2009

4.6

Movie