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
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
- Road Trip as Barry's Grandma
- Nikki as Miss Marie
- 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
- The Wedding Singer as Rosie
- 54 as Disco Dottie
- Carnival of Souls as Mrs. Meltzer
1997
- Just Shoot Me! as Mrs. Gallo
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Old Lady
- Suddenly Susan as Lily
1995
- Cybill as Elderly Woman
- Murder One
- Problem Child 3 as Lila Duvane
- Ned & Stacey as Mrs. Porter
- Hope and Gloria as Miss Mae
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 Kent's Mother (uncredited)
- The John Larroquette Show as Old Woman
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Choir Nun
- Dave's World as Craft Granny
1992
- Sister Act as Choir Nun
- Hearts Afire as Miss Abbington
- Space Case as Betsy
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man as Mrs. Coulson
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
- Munchies as Little Old Lady
- Beauty and the Beast
1985
- The Golden Girls as Mrs. Leonard
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Need to Know")
- Moonlighting as Mrs. Baer