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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.
15
Films
5.8
Avg Score
Filmography (15)
Wedding Crashers
70
as Grandma Mary Cleary
Eight Crazy Nights
53
as See's Candies Box (voice)
Ready to Rumble
53
as Mrs. MacKenzie
Road Trip
65
as Barry's Grandma
The Wedding Singer
69
as Rosie
Patch Adams
68
as Aggie
54
59
as Disco Dottie
Problem Child 3
34
as Lila Duvane
Radioland Murders
61
as Organist
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
57
as Choir Nun
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
60
as Mrs. Coulson
Sister Act
65
as Choir Nun
Blood and Concrete
58
as Old Lady
My Blue Heaven
62
as Nun
Munchies
39
as Little Old Lady