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.
| 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 |
