Acting
Ellen Albertini Dow
EN cinema · 27 credits
Born
16 November 1913
Died
4 May 2015 (aged 101)
Birthplace
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as The Rapping Granny · The Rapping Grandmother
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Invited
as Natalie Shaw
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
as Mrs. Bessler
The Blue Hour
as Anabella
Fat Girls
as Mildred
Wedding Crashers
as Grandma Mary Cleary
Annie's Point
as Louise Tette
Eight Crazy Nights
as See's Candies Box (voice)
Longshot
as Ms. Fleisher
Ready to Rumble
as Mrs. MacKenzie
Road Trip
as Barry's Grandma
Patch Adams
as Aggie
54
as Disco Dottie
The Wedding Singer
as Rosie
Carnival of Souls
as Mrs. Meltzer
Problem Child 3
as Lila Duvane
Radioland Murders
as Organist
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Choir Nun
Space Case
as Betsy
Sister Act
as Choir Nun
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Mrs. Coulson
Blood and Concrete
as Old Lady
Going to the Chapel
as Grandma Haldane
Munchies
as Little Old Lady
American Drive-In
as Allison