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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1913
Died
May 4, 2015
Place of Birth
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- The Rapping Granny
- The Rapping Grandmother
Ellen Albertini Dow
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
2.5
Dora
Frank the Bastard
2015
3.2
Rose
Not Another Not Another Movie
2011
7.4
Aunt Ruthie
New Girl
2011
8.2
The Real Aunt Ginger
Shameless
2011
3.6
Natalie Shaw
The Invited
2010
4.4
Mrs. Bessler
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
10.0
In Case of Emergency
2007
7.0
The Blue Hour
2007
4.3
Mildred
Fat Girls
2006
7.1
Kathrine McCord
Hannah Montana
2006
Credits
Frank the Bastard
as Dora
2015
2.5
Not Another Not Another Movie
as Rose
2011
3.2
New Girl
as Aunt Ruthie
2011
7.4
Shameless
as The Real Aunt Ginger
2011
8.2
The Invited
as Natalie Shaw
2010
3.6
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
as Mrs. Bessler
2009
4.4
In Case of Emergency
2007
10.0
The Blue Hour
2007
7.0
Fat Girls
as Mildred
2006
4.3
Hannah Montana
as Kathrine McCord
2006
7.1
My Name Is Earl
as Gertrude Balboa
2005
7.7
Wedding Crashers
as Grandma Mary Cleary
2005
6.5
American Dad!
as Helen Washburn (voice)
2005
7.0
Annie's Point
as Louise Tette
2005
5.4
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
as Mrs. Knapp
2004
8.5
Cold Case
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
2003
7.8
Las Vegas
as Dottie Arkin
2003
7.0
Eight Crazy Nights
as See's Candies Box (voice)
2002
5.2
Longshot
as Ms. Fleisher
2001
4.6
Scrubs
as Betty
2001
8.0
Six Feet Under
as Roberta
2001
8.1
Nikki
as Miss Marie
2000
5.4
Road Trip
as Barry's Grandma
2000
6.2
Ready to Rumble
as Mrs. MacKenzie
2000
5.2
Judging Amy
as Mrs. Powell
1999
7.5
Payne
as Flo
1999
1.0
Family Guy
as Elderly Woman (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Aunt Helen (voice)
1999
7.4
Patch Adams
as Aggie
1998
7.3
Will & Grace
as Sylvia Walker
1998
6.8
54
as Disco Dottie
1998
5.9
Carnival of Souls
as Mrs. Meltzer
1998
3.7
The Wedding Singer
as Rosie
1998
6.8
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
1997
7.2
Just Shoot Me!
as Mrs. Gallo
1997
6.6
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Old Lady
1996
7.8
Suddenly Susan
as Lily
1996
5.8
Murder One
1995
7.8
Ned & Stacey
as Mrs. Porter
1995
7.2
Problem Child 3
as Lila Duvane
1995
4.7
Hope and Gloria
as Miss Mae
1995
5.0
Cybill
as Elderly Woman
1995
5.8
Radioland Murders
as Organist
1994
5.9
ER
as Mrs. Riblet
1994
7.8
On Our Own
as Little Old Lady
1994
6.0
Sister, Sister
as Betty
1994
7.1
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Choir Nun
1993
6.4
The Nanny
as Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)
1993
8.1
Dave's World
as Craft Granny
1993
6.4
The John Larroquette Show
as Old Woman
1993
6.7
Hearts Afire
as Miss Abbington
1992
7.3
Sister Act
as Choir Nun
1992
6.8
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Mrs. Coulson
1992
5.9
Space Case
as Betsy
1992
0.0
Blood and Concrete
as Old Lady
1991
5.5
My Blue Heaven
as Nun
1990
6.1
Wings
as Debbie
1990
6.9
Christine Cromwell
as Lydia
1989
7.3
Christine Cromwell
as Nanny
1989
7.3
Family Matters
as Miss Gilbert
1989
6.7
Seinfeld
as Momma
1989
8.3
Quantum Leap
as Grandma
1989
8.0
Murphy Brown
as Aunt Belle
1988
6.4
Going to the Chapel
as Grandma Haldane
1988
3.5
The Wonder Years
as Mrs. Tambora
1988
8.3
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Felisa
1987
8.4
Beauty and the Beast
1987
7.4
Munchies
as Little Old Lady
1987
4.8
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Need to Know")
1985
7.8
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Storyteller")
1985
7.8
The Golden Girls
as Mrs. Leonard
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
as Lillian
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
as Sarah
1985
7.6
Moonlighting
as Mrs. Baer
1985
7.5
Newhart
1982
7.1
Newhart
as Dorothy Benson
1982
7.1