Acting

Ellen Albertini Dow

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

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