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Ellen Albertini Dow

Acting
November 16, 1913
— May 4, 2015(101 years old)
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity: 1
IMDb

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...

Also Known As

The Rapping Granny • The Rapping Grandmother

Known For

Family Guy series poster (1999)
7.4
Trending

Family Guy

Elderly Woman (voice)

Family Guy series poster (1999)
7.4
Trending

Family Guy

Aunt Helen (voice)

Shameless series poster (2011)
8.2
Trending

Shameless

The Real Aunt Ginger

Cold Case series poster (2003)
7.8
Trending

Cold Case

Audrey Abruzzi (2007)

American Dad! series poster (2005)
7.0
Trending

American Dad!

Helen Washburn (voice)

The Nanny series poster (1993)
8.1

The Nanny

Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)

Seinfeld series poster (1989)
8.3

Seinfeld

Momma

Scrubs series poster (2001)
8.0

Scrubs

Betty

ER series poster (1994)
7.8

ER

Mrs. Riblet

New Girl series poster (2011)
7.4

New Girl

Aunt Ruthie

Star Trek: The Next Generation series poster (1987)
8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Felisa

Six Feet Under series poster (2001)
8.1

Six Feet Under

Roberta

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Filmography

2010s

Frank the Bastard movie poster (2015)
2.5

Frank the Bastard

Dora

Not Another Not Another Movie movie poster (2011)
3.2

Not Another Not Another Movie

Rose

The Invited movie poster (2010)
3.6

The Invited

Natalie Shaw

2000s

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling movie poster (2009)
4.4

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

Mrs. Bessler

The Blue Hour movie poster (2007)
7.0

The Blue Hour

Fat Girls movie poster (2006)
4.2

Fat Girls

Mildred

Wedding Crashers movie poster (2005)
6.5

Wedding Crashers

Grandma Mary Cleary

Annie's Point movie poster (2005)
5.4

Annie's Point

Louise Tette

Eight Crazy Nights movie poster (2002)
5.2

Eight Crazy Nights

See's Candies Box (voice)

Longshot movie poster (2001)
4.6

Longshot

Ms. Fleisher

Road Trip movie poster (2000)
6.2

Road Trip

Barry's Grandma

Ready to Rumble movie poster (2000)
5.2

Ready to Rumble

Mrs. MacKenzie

1990s

Patch Adams movie poster (1998)
7.3

Patch Adams

Aggie

The Wedding Singer movie poster (1998)
6.8

The Wedding Singer

Rosie

54 movie poster (1998)
5.8

54

Disco Dottie

Carnival of Souls movie poster (1998)
3.7

Carnival of Souls

Mrs. Meltzer

Problem Child 3 movie poster (1995)
4.7

Problem Child 3

Lila Duvane

Radioland Murders movie poster (1994)
5.9

Radioland Murders

Organist

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit movie poster (1993)
6.4

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Choir Nun

Sister Act movie poster (1992)
6.8

Sister Act

Choir Nun

Memoirs of an Invisible Man movie poster (1992)
5.9

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Mrs. Coulson

Space Case movie poster (1992)

Space Case

Betsy

Blood and Concrete movie poster (1991)
5.5

Blood and Concrete

Old Lady

My Blue Heaven movie poster (1990)
6.1

My Blue Heaven

Nun

1980s

Going to the Chapel movie poster (1988)
3.5

Going to the Chapel

Grandma Haldane

Munchies movie poster (1987)
4.7

Munchies

Little Old Lady

American Drive-In movie poster (1985)
2.2

American Drive-In

Allison