Ellen Albertini Dow
Born: 1913-11-16 in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2015-05-04
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2015
- Frank the Bastard as Dora
2011
- Shameless as The Real Aunt Ginger
- New Girl as Aunt Ruthie
- Not Another Not Another Movie as Rose
2010
- The Invited as Natalie Shaw
2009
- Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling as Mrs. Bessler
2007
- In Case of Emergency
- The Blue Hour as Anabella
2006
- Hannah Montana as Kathrine McCord
- Fat Girls as Mildred
2005
- American Dad! as Helen Washburn (voice)
- My Name Is Earl as Gertrude Balboa
- Wedding Crashers as Grandma Mary Cleary
- Annie's Point as Louise Tette
2004
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as Mrs. Knapp
2002
- Eight Crazy Nights as See's Candies Box (voice)
2001
- Scrubs as Betty
- Six Feet Under as Roberta
- Longshot as Ms. Fleisher
2000
- Nikki as Miss Marie
- Road Trip as Barry's Grandma
- Ready to Rumble as Mrs. MacKenzie
1999
- Family Guy as Elderly Woman (voice)
- Judging Amy as Mrs. Powell
- Payne as Flo
1998
- Will & Grace as Sylvia Walker
- Patch Adams as Aggie
- 54 as Disco Dottie
- The Wedding Singer as Rosie
- Carnival of Souls as Mrs. Meltzer
1997
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
- Just Shoot Me! as Mrs. Gallo
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Old Lady
- Arli$$ as Amelia
- Suddenly Susan as Lily
1995
- Murder One
- Cybill as Elderly Woman
- Hope and Gloria as Miss Mae
- Ned & Stacey as Mrs. Porter
- Problem Child 3 as Lila Duvane
1994
- ER as Mrs. Riblet
- Sister, Sister as Betty
- On Our Own as Little Old Lady
- Radioland Murders as Organist
1993
- The Nanny as Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
- The John Larroquette Show as Old Woman
- Dave's World as Craft Granny
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Choir Nun
1992
- Hearts Afire as Miss Abbington
- Sister Act as Choir Nun
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man as Mrs. Coulson
- Space Case as Betsy
1991
- Blood and Concrete as Old Lady
1990
- Wings as Debbie
- My Blue Heaven as Nun
1989
- Seinfeld as Momma
- Quantum Leap as Grandma
- Family Matters as Miss Gilbert
- Christine Cromwell as Lydia
1988
- The Wonder Years as Mrs. Tambora
- Murphy Brown as Aunt Belle
- Going to the Chapel as Grandma Haldane
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Felisa
- Beauty and the Beast as Anna Lausch
- Munchies as Little Old Lady
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Need to Know")
- The Golden Girls as Mrs. Leonard
- Moonlighting as Mrs. Baer
- American Drive-In as Allison
1982
- Newhart as Dorothy Benson