Actor
Ellen Albertini Dow
112 years · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA · 27 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 27
Frank the Bastard
2015 · Dora
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011 · Rose
The Invited
2010 · Natalie Shaw
On Hoopla
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009 · Mrs. Bessler
On Hoopla
The Blue Hour
2007 · Anabella
Fat Girls
2006 · Mildred
On Here TV
Wedding Crashers
2005 · Grandma Mary Cleary
On HBO Max
Annie's Point
2005 · Louise Tette
Eight Crazy Nights
2002 · See's Candies Box (voice)
On YouTube Free
Longshot
2001 · Ms. Fleisher
Road Trip
2000 · Barry's Grandma
On Hoopla
Ready to Rumble
2000 · Mrs. MacKenzie
On Hoopla
Patch Adams
1998 · Aggie
54
1998 · Disco Dottie
On Hoopla
Carnival of Souls
1998 · Mrs. Meltzer
On Tubi TV
The Wedding Singer
1998 · Rosie
On fuboTV
Problem Child 3
1995 · Lila Duvane
Radioland Murders
1994 · Organist
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 · Choir Nun
On Disney Plus
Sister Act
1992 · Choir Nun
On Disney Plus
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992 · Mrs. Coulson
On Kanopy
Space Case
1992 · Betsy
On Hoopla
Blood and Concrete
1991 · Old Lady
My Blue Heaven
1990 · Nun
On Plex