
Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting
Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 β 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.
Known for
2015Frank the Bastard
Dora
2011Not Another Not Another Movie
Rose
2010The Invited
Natalie Shaw
2009Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Mrs. Bessler
2007The Blue Hour
2006Fat Girls
Mildred
2005Wedding Crashers
Grandma Mary Cleary
2005Annie's Point
Louise Tette
2002Eight Crazy Nights
See's Candies Box (voice)
2001Longshot
Ms. Fleisher
2000Ready to Rumble
Mrs. MacKenzie
2000Road Trip
Barry's Grandma
1998Patch Adams
Aggie
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Disco Dottie
1998The Wedding Singer
Rosie
1998Carnival of Souls
Mrs. Meltzer
1995Problem Child 3
Lila Duvane
1994Radioland Murders
Organist
1993Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Choir Nun
1992Space Case
Betsy
1992Sister Act
Choir Nun
1992Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Mrs. Coulson
1991Blood and Concrete
Old Lady
1990My Blue Heaven
Nun