Ellen Albertini Dow

Known for: Acting

Born: 1913-11-16 – 2015-05-04 (aged 101)

From: 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.

Filmography (72)

MOVIE★ 2.3
Frank the Bastard
2015
as Dora
MOVIE★ 3.2
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
as Rose
TV★ 7.4
New Girl
2011
as Aunt Ruthie
TV★ 8.2
Shameless
2011
as The Real Aunt Ginger
MOVIE★ 3.9
The Invited
2010
as Natalie Shaw
MOVIE★ 4.5
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
as Mrs. Bessler
TV★ 9.0
In Case of Emergency
2007
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Blue Hour
2007
as Anabella
MOVIE★ 4.7
Fat Girls
2006
as Mildred
TV★ 7.1
Hannah Montana
2006
as Kathrine McCord
TV★ 7.6
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Gertrude Balboa
MOVIE★ 6.5
Wedding Crashers
2005
as Grandma Mary Cleary
TV★ 7.0
American Dad!
2005
as Helen Washburn (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Annie's Point
2005
as Louise Tette
TV★ 8.5
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004
as Mrs. Knapp
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
TV★ 7.0
Las Vegas
2003
as Dottie Arkin
MOVIE★ 5.2
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
as See's Candies Box (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Longshot
2001
as Ms. Fleisher
TV★ 8.1
Scrubs
2001
as Betty
TV★ 8.1
Six Feet Under
2001
as Roberta
TV★ 5.9
Nikki
2000
as Miss Marie
MOVIE★ 6.2
Road Trip
2000
as Barry's Grandma
MOVIE★ 5.2
Ready to Rumble
2000
as Mrs. MacKenzie
TV★ 7.5
Judging Amy
1999
as Mrs. Powell
TV★ 4.0
Payne
1999
as Flo
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as Elderly Woman (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Patch Adams
1998
as Aggie
TV★ 6.9
Will & Grace
1998
as Sylvia Walker
MOVIE★ 5.9
54
1998
as Disco Dottie
MOVIE★ 3.8
Carnival of Souls
1998
as Mrs. Meltzer
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Wedding Singer
1998
as Rosie
TV★ 7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
TV★ 6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Mrs. Gallo
TV★ 7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Old Lady
TV★ 5.9
Suddenly Susan
1996
as Lily
TV★ 6.8
Arli$$
1996
as Amelia
TV★ 7.7
Murder One
1995
TV★ 7.1
Ned & Stacey
1995
as Mrs. Porter
MOVIE★ 4.8
Problem Child 3
1995
as Lila Duvane
TV★ 6.3
Hope and Gloria
1995
as Miss Mae
TV★ 5.9
Cybill
1995
as Elderly Woman
MOVIE★ 5.9
Radioland Murders
1994
as Organist
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Mrs. Riblet
TV★ 7.0
On Our Own
1994
as Little Old Lady
TV★ 7.1
Sister, Sister
1994
as Betty
MOVIE★ 6.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Choir Nun
TV★ 8.1
The Nanny
1993
as Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
TV★ 6.5
Dave's World
1993
as Craft Granny
TV★ 6.8
The John Larroquette Show
1993
as Old Woman
TV★ 7.8
Hearts Afire
1992
as Miss Abbington
MOVIE★ 6.8
Sister Act
1992
as Choir Nun
MOVIE★ 5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Mrs. Coulson
MOVIE★ 10.0
Space Case
1992
as Betsy
MOVIE★ 5.7
Blood and Concrete
1991
as Old Lady
MOVIE★ 6.1
My Blue Heaven
1990
as Nun
TV★ 6.8
Wings
1990
as Debbie
TV★ 7.8
Christine Cromwell
1989
as Lydia
TV★ 6.7
Family Matters
1989
as Miss Gilbert
TV★ 8.3
Seinfeld
1989
as Momma
TV★ 8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
as Grandma
TV★ 6.4
Murphy Brown
1988
as Aunt Belle
MOVIE★ 5.3
Going to the Chapel
1988
as Grandma Haldane
TV★ 8.3
The Wonder Years
1988
as Mrs. Tambora
TV★ 8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Felisa
TV★ 7.4
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Anna Lausch
MOVIE★ 4.8
Munchies
1987
as Little Old Lady
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Need to Know")
MOVIE★ 2.9
American Drive-In
1985
as Allison
TV★ 7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
as Mrs. Leonard
TV★ 7.5
Moonlighting
1985
as Mrs. Baer
TV★ 7.1
Newhart
1982
as Dorothy Benson