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.
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Acted in
Frank the Bastard
2015
as Dora
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
as Rose
New Girl
2011
as Aunt Ruthie
Shameless
2011
as The Real Aunt Ginger
The Invited
2010
as Natalie Shaw
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
as Mrs. Bessler
In Case of Emergency
2007
The Blue Hour
2007
Fat Girls
2006
as Mildred
Hannah Montana
2006
as Kathrine McCord
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Gertrude Balboa
Wedding Crashers
2005
as Grandma Mary Cleary
American Dad!
2005
as Helen Washburn (voice)
Annie's Point
2005
as Louise Tette
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004
as Mrs. Knapp
Cold Case
2003
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
Las Vegas
2003
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
as See's Candies Box (voice)
Longshot
2001
as Ms. Fleisher
Scrubs
2001
as Betty
Six Feet Under
2001
as Roberta
Nikki
2000
as Miss Marie
Road Trip
2000
as Barry's Grandma
Ready to Rumble
2000
as Mrs. MacKenzie
Judging Amy
1999
as Mrs. Powell
Payne
1999
as Flo
Family Guy
1999
as Elderly Woman (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Aunt Helen (voice)
Patch Adams
1998
as Aggie
Will & Grace
1998
as Sylvia Walker
54
1998
as Disco Dottie
Carnival of Souls
1998
as Mrs. Meltzer
The Wedding Singer
1998
as Rosie
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Mrs. Gallo
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Old Lady
Suddenly Susan
1996
as Lily
Murder One
1995
Ned and Stacey
1995
as Mrs. Porter
Problem Child 3
1995
as Lila Duvane
Hope and Gloria
1995
as Miss Mae
Cybill
1995
Radioland Murders
1994
as Organist
ER
1994
as Mrs. Riblet
On Our Own
1994
as Little Old Lady #1
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Choir Nun
The Nanny
1993
as Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)
Dave's World
1993
as Craft Granny
The John Larroquette Show
1993
as Old Woman
Hearts Afire
1992
as Miss Abbington
Sister Act
1992
as Choir Nun
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Mrs. Coulson
Space Case
1992
as Betsy
My Blue Heaven
1990
as Nun
Wings
1990
as Debbie
Family Matters
1989
Seinfeld
1989
as Momma
Quantum Leap
1989
as Grandma
Murphy Brown
1988
as Aunt Belle
Going to the Chapel
1988
as Grandma Haldane
The Wonder Years
1988
as Mrs. Tambora
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Felisa
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Munchies
1987
as Little Old Lady
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Golden Girls
1985
as Mrs. Leonard
The Golden Girls
1985
as Lillian
The Golden Girls
1985
as Sarah
Moonlighting
1985
as Mrs. Baer
Newhart
1982
Newhart
1982
as Dorothy Benson