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Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

Birthday: 1913-11-16 | Place of Birth: Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2010
The Invited

as    Natalie Shaw

2009
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

as    Mrs. Bessler

2005
Wedding Crashers

as    Grandma Mary Cleary

2005
Annie's Point

as    Louise Tette

2000
Ready to Rumble

as    Mrs. MacKenzie

1998
The Wedding Singer

as    Rosie

1992
Sister Act

as    Choir Nun