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Birthday: Nov 16, 1913
Place of Birth: Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Patch Adams Aggie 1998
54 Disco Dottie 1998
The Wedding Singer Rosie 1998
Munchies Little Old Lady 1987
Ready to Rumble Mrs. MacKenzie 2000
Wedding Crashers Grandma Mary Cleary 2005
Annie's Point Louise Tette 2005
Not Another Not Another Movie Rose 2011
The Blue Hour 2007
Radioland Murders Organist 1994
Road Trip Barry's Grandma 2000
Going to the Chapel Grandma Haldane 1988
Frank the Bastard Dora 2015
The Invited Natalie Shaw 2010
Eight Crazy Nights See's Candies Box (voice) 2002
Longshot Ms. Fleisher 2001
Carnival of Souls Mrs. Meltzer 1998
Fat Girls Mildred 2006
Space Case Betsy 1992
Sister Act Choir Nun 1992
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Choir Nun 1993
Problem Child 3 Lila Duvane 1995
Memoirs of an Invisible Man Mrs. Coulson 1992
My Blue Heaven Nun 1990
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling Mrs. Bessler 2009
Series Cast Year
Six Feet Under Roberta 2001
Seinfeld Momma 1989
American Dad! Helen Washburn (voice) 2005
Family Guy Elderly Woman (voice) 1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation Felisa 1987
In Case of Emergency 2007
Judging Amy Mrs. Powell 1999
The Golden Girls Mrs. Leonard 1985
The Twilight Zone 1985
My Name Is Earl Gertrude Balboa 2005
The Nanny Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited) 1993
Las Vegas 2003
Cold Case Audrey Abruzzi (2007) 2003
Beauty and the Beast 1987
Moonlighting Mrs. Baer 1985
Cybill 1995
Murder One 1995
Quantum Leap Grandma 1989
Newhart 1982
Family Matters 1989
The Wonder Years Mrs. Tambora 1988
Hannah Montana Kathrine McCord 2006
Scrubs Betty 2001
Will & Grace Sylvia Walker 1998
Just Shoot Me! Mrs. Gallo 1997
ER Mrs. Riblet 1994
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock") 1997
New Girl Aunt Ruthie 2011
Family Guy Aunt Helen (voice) 1999
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Old Lady 1996
Hearts Afire Miss Abbington 1992
Payne Flo 1999
On Our Own Little Old Lady #1 1994
Nikki Miss Marie 2000
Hope and Gloria Miss Mae 1995
The John Larroquette Show Old Woman 1993
Murphy Brown Aunt Belle 1988
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Mrs. Knapp 2004
Wings Debbie 1990
The Golden Girls Lillian 1985
The Golden Girls Sarah 1985
Dave's World Craft Granny 1993
Suddenly Susan Lily 1996
Shameless The Real Aunt Ginger 2011
Ned and Stacey Mrs. Porter 1995
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