Ellen Albertini Dow Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

Acting

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 Golden Girls. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Albertini Dow,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Patch Adams movie poster
MOVIE

Patch Adams

7.3(3.4K)
Patch Adams
Aggie
54 movie poster
MOVIE

54

5.9(0.5K)
54
Disco Dottie
The Wedding Singer movie poster
MOVIE

The Wedding Singer

6.8(1.9K)
The Wedding Singer
Rosie
Munchies movie poster
MOVIE

Munchies

4.8(0.1K)
Munchies
Little Old Lady
Ready to Rumble movie poster
MOVIE

Ready to Rumble

5.2(0.2K)
Ready to Rumble
Mrs. MacKenzie
Wedding Crashers movie poster
MOVIE

Wedding Crashers

6.5(4.7K)
Wedding Crashers
Grandma Mary Cleary
Annie's Point movie poster
MOVIE

Annie's Point

5.6(0.0K)
Annie's Point
Louise Tette
Not Another Not Another Movie movie poster
MOVIE

Not Another Not Another Movie

3.2(0.0K)
Not Another Not Another Movie
Rose
The Blue Hour movie poster
MOVIE

The Blue Hour

7.0(0.0K)
The Blue Hour
Anabella
Radioland Murders movie poster
MOVIE

Radioland Murders

5.9(0.1K)
Radioland Murders
Organist

Gallery

Ellen Albertini Dow portrait
Ellen Albertini Dow portrait
Ellen Albertini Dow portrait