Ellen Albertini Dow
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1913
- Died
- May 4, 2015 (aged 101)
- Birthplace
- Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
Frank the Bastard
Movie · as Dora
Not Another Not Another Movie
Movie · as Rose
New Girl
TV · as Aunt Ruthie · 1 ep
Shameless
TV · as The Real Aunt Ginger · 1 ep
The Invited
Movie · as Natalie Shaw
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Movie · as Mrs. Bessler
The Blue Hour
Movie · as Anabella
In Case of Emergency
TV · 1 ep
Fat Girls
Movie · as Mildred
Hannah Montana
TV · as Kathrine McCord · 1 ep
Wedding Crashers
Movie · as Grandma Mary Cleary
Annie's Point
Movie · as Louise Tette
American Dad!
TV · as Helen Washburn (voice) · 1 ep
My Name Is Earl
TV · as Gertrude Balboa · 1 ep
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
TV · as Mrs. Knapp · 1 ep
Cold Case
TV · as Audrey Abruzzi (2007) · 1 ep
Las Vegas
TV · as Dottie Arkin · 1 ep
Eight Crazy Nights
Movie · as See's Candies Box (voice)
Longshot
Movie · as Ms. Fleisher
Six Feet Under
TV · as Roberta · 1 ep
Scrubs
TV · as Betty · 1 ep
Ready to Rumble
Movie · as Mrs. MacKenzie
Road Trip
Movie · as Barry's Grandma
Nikki
TV · as Miss Marie · 1 ep
Family Guy
TV · as Elderly Woman (voice), Aunt Helen (voice) · 1 ep
Judging Amy
TV · as Mrs. Powell · 1 ep
Payne
TV · as Flo · 3 eps
Patch Adams
Movie · as Aggie
54
Movie · as Disco Dottie
The Wedding Singer
Movie · as Rosie
Carnival of Souls
Movie · as Mrs. Meltzer
Will & Grace
TV · as Sylvia Walker · 1 ep
Just Shoot Me!
TV · as Mrs. Gallo · 1 ep
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV · as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock") · 1 ep
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV · as Old Lady · 1 ep
Suddenly Susan
TV · as Lily · 1 ep
Arli$$
TV · as Amelia · 1 ep
Problem Child 3
Movie · as Lila Duvane
Cybill
TV · as Elderly Woman · 1 ep
Murder One
TV · 2 eps
Hope and Gloria
TV · as Miss Mae · 1 ep
Ned & Stacey
TV · as Mrs. Porter · 3 eps
Radioland Murders
Movie · as Organist
ER
TV · as Mrs. Riblet · 1 ep
Sister, Sister
TV · as Betty · 1 ep
On Our Own
TV · as Little Old Lady · 1 ep
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Movie · as Choir Nun
The Nanny
TV · as Wendell's Mother (uncredited) · 1 ep
The John Larroquette Show
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
Dave's World
TV · as Craft Granny · 1 ep
Space Case
Movie · as Betsy
Sister Act
Movie · as Choir Nun
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Movie · as Mrs. Coulson
Hearts Afire
TV · as Miss Abbington · 1 ep
Blood and Concrete
Movie · as Old Lady
My Blue Heaven
Movie · as Nun
Wings
TV · as Debbie · 1 ep
Seinfeld
TV · as Momma · 1 ep
Quantum Leap
TV · as Grandma · 1 ep
Family Matters
TV · as Miss Gilbert · 4 eps
Christine Cromwell
TV · as Lydia, Nanny · 1 ep
Going to the Chapel
Movie · as Grandma Haldane
The Wonder Years
TV · as Mrs. Tambora · 1 ep
Murphy Brown
TV · as Aunt Belle · 1 ep
Munchies
Movie · as Little Old Lady
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Felisa · 1 ep
Beauty and the Beast
TV · as Anna Lausch · 1 ep
American Drive-In
Movie · as Allison
The Golden Girls
TV · as Mrs. Leonard, Lillian, Sarah · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as (segment "Need to Know"), (segment "The Storyteller") · 1 ep
Moonlighting
TV · as Mrs. Baer · 1 ep
Newhart
TV · as Dorothy Benson · 2 eps