Ellen Albertini Dow
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Patch Adams
as Aggie
1998
54
as Disco Dottie
1998
The Wedding Singer
as Rosie
1998
Munchies
as Little Old Lady
1987
Ready to Rumble
as Mrs. MacKenzie
2000
Wedding Crashers
as Grandma Mary Cleary
2005
Annie's Point
as Louise Tette
2005
Not Another Not Another Movie
as Rose
2011
The Blue Hour
as Anabella
2007
Radioland Murders
as Organist
1994
Road Trip
as Barry's Grandma
2000
Going to the Chapel
as Grandma Haldane
1988
The Invited
as Natalie Shaw
2010
Frank the Bastard
as Dora
2015
Eight Crazy Nights
as See's Candies Box (voice)
2002
Longshot
as Ms. Fleisher
2001
Carnival of Souls
as Mrs. Meltzer
1998
Fat Girls
as Mildred
2006
Space Case
as Betsy
1992
Sister Act
as Choir Nun
1992
TV Appearances
Six Feet Under
as Roberta
2001
Seinfeld
as Momma
1989
American Dad!
as Helen Washburn (voice)
2005
Family Guy
as Elderly Woman (voice)
1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Felisa
1987
In Case of Emergency
2007
Judging Amy
as Mrs. Powell
1999
The Golden Girls
as Mrs. Leonard
1985
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Need to Know")
1985
My Name Is Earl
as Gertrude Balboa
2005
The Nanny
as Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)
1993
Cold Case
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
2003