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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Albertini Dow,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2015 · Frank the Bastard as Dora
- 2011 · Not Another Not Another Movie as Rose
- 2011 · New Girl as Aunt Ruthie
- 2011 · Shameless as The Real Aunt Ginger
- 2010 · The Invited as Natalie Shaw
- 2009 · Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling as Mrs. Bessler
- 2007 · In Case of Emergency as
- 2007 · The Blue Hour as
- 2006 · Fat Girls as Mildred
- 2006 · Hannah Montana as Kathrine McCord
- 2005 · 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
- 2004 · Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as Mrs. Knapp
- 2003 · Cold Case as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
- 2003 · Las Vegas as
- 2002 · Eight Crazy Nights as See's Candies Box (voice)
- 2001 · Longshot as Ms. Fleisher
- 2001 · Scrubs as Betty
- 2001 · Six Feet Under as Roberta
- 2000 · Nikki as Miss Marie
- 2000 · Road Trip as Barry's Grandma
- 2000 · Ready to Rumble as Mrs. MacKenzie
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Mrs. Powell
- 1999 · Payne as Flo
- 1999 · Family Guy as Elderly Woman (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Aunt Helen (voice)
- 1998 · 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
- 1997 · Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Mrs. Gallo
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Old Lady
- 1996 · Suddenly Susan as Lily
- 1995 · Murder One as
- 1995 · Ned and Stacey as Mrs. Porter
- 1995 · Problem Child 3 as Lila Duvane
- 1995 · Hope and Gloria as Miss Mae
- 1995 · Cybill as
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Organist
- 1994 · ER as Mrs. Riblet
- 1994 · On Our Own as Little Old Lady #1
- 1993 · Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Choir Nun
- 1993 · The Nanny as Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)
- 1993 · Dave's World as Craft Granny
- 1993 · The John Larroquette Show as Old Woman
- 1992 · 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
- 1990 · My Blue Heaven as Nun
- 1990 · Wings as Debbie
- 1989 · Family Matters as
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Momma
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Grandma
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Aunt Belle
- 1988 · Going to the Chapel as Grandma Haldane
- 1988 · The Wonder Years as Mrs. Tambora
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Felisa
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
- 1987 · Munchies as Little Old Lady
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Mrs. Leonard
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Lillian
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Sarah
- 1985 · Moonlighting as Mrs. Baer
- 1982 · Newhart as