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Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

ActingBorn: November 16, 1913in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USADied: May 4, 2015

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.

Frank the Bastard

Frank the Bastard

as Dora

Not Another Not Another Movie

Not Another Not Another Movie

as Rose

New Girl

New Girl

as Aunt Ruthie

Shameless

Shameless

as The Real Aunt Ginger

The Invited

The Invited

as Natalie Shaw

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

as Mrs. Bessler

In Case of Emergency

In Case of Emergency

as Unknown

The Blue Hour

The Blue Hour

as Anabella

Fat Girls

Fat Girls

as Mildred

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

as Kathrine McCord

My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl

as Gertrude Balboa

Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers

as Grandma Mary Cleary

American Dad!

American Dad!

as Helen Washburn (voice)

Annie's Point

Annie's Point

as Louise Tette

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

as Mrs. Knapp

Cold Case

Cold Case

as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)

Las Vegas

Las Vegas

as Dottie Arkin

Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights

as See's Candies Box (voice)

Longshot

Longshot

as Ms. Fleisher

Scrubs

Scrubs

as Betty

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under

as Roberta

Nikki

Nikki

as Miss Marie

Road Trip

Road Trip

as Barry's Grandma

Ready to Rumble

Ready to Rumble

as Mrs. MacKenzie

Judging Amy

Judging Amy

as Mrs. Powell

Payne

Payne

as Flo

Family Guy

Family Guy

as Elderly Woman (voice)

Family Guy

Family Guy

as Aunt Helen (voice)

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

as Aggie

Will & Grace

Will & Grace

as Sylvia Walker

54

as Disco Dottie

Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls

as Mrs. Meltzer

The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

as Rosie

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997Documentary

as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")

Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me!

as Mrs. Gallo

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Old Lady

Suddenly Susan

Fandango At Home

Suddenly Susan

as Lily

Arli$$

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Arli$$

as Amelia

Murder One

Murder One

as Unknown

Ned & Stacey

Ned & Stacey

as Mrs. Porter

Problem Child 3

Problem Child 3

as Lila Duvane

Hope and Gloria

Hope and Gloria

as Miss Mae

Cybill

Cybill

as Elderly Woman

Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders

as Organist

ER

as Mrs. Riblet

On Our Own

On Our Own

as Little Old Lady

Sister, Sister

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Paramount Plus Essential

Sister, Sister

as Betty

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Choir Nun

The Nanny

The Nanny

as Wendell's Mother (uncredited)

Dave's World

Dave's World

as Craft Granny

The John Larroquette Show

The John Larroquette Show

as Old Woman

Hearts Afire

Hearts Afire

as Miss Abbington

Sister Act

Sister Act

as Choir Nun

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992Science Fiction

as Mrs. Coulson

Space Case

Space Case

as Betsy

Blood and Concrete

Blood and Concrete

as Old Lady

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

as Nun

Wings

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Wings

as Debbie

Christine Cromwell

Christine Cromwell

as Lydia

Christine Cromwell

Christine Cromwell

as Nanny

Family Matters

Family Matters

as Miss Gilbert

Seinfeld

Seinfeld

as Momma

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

as Grandma

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

as Aunt Belle

Going to the Chapel

Going to the Chapel

as Grandma Haldane

The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years

as Mrs. Tambora

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Felisa

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

as Anna Lausch

Munchies

Munchies

as Little Old Lady

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Need to Know")

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "The Storyteller")

American Drive-In

American Drive-In

as Allison

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

as Mrs. Leonard

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

as Lillian

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

as Sarah

Moonlighting

Moonlighting

as Mrs. Baer

Newhart

Newhart

as Dorothy Benson