Acting

Ellen Albertini Dow

Born 1913-11-16 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 2015-05-04

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.

Credits

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