Acting · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA · Born November 16, 1913
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.
MovieFrank the Bastard
2015
as Dora
MovieNot Another Not Another Movie
2011
as Rose
TVNew Girl
2011
as Aunt Ruthie
TVShameless
2011
as The Real Aunt Ginger
MovieThe Invited
2010
as Natalie Shaw
MovieWithout a Paddle: Nature's Calling
2009
as Mrs. Bessler
TVIn Case of Emergency
2007
MovieThe Blue Hour
2007
as Anabella
MovieFat Girls
2006
as Mildred
TVHannah Montana
2006
as Kathrine McCord
TVMy Name Is Earl
2005
as Gertrude Balboa
MovieWedding Crashers
2005
as Grandma Mary Cleary
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Helen Washburn (voice)
MovieAnnie's Point
2005
as Louise Tette
TVNed's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004
as Mrs. Knapp
TVCold Case
2003
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
TVLas Vegas
2003
as Dottie Arkin
MovieEight Crazy Nights
2002
as See's Candies Box (voice)
MovieLongshot
2001
as Ms. Fleisher
TVScrubs
2001
as Betty
TVSix Feet Under
2001
as Roberta
TVNikki
2000
as Miss Marie
MovieRoad Trip
2000
as Barry's Grandma
MovieReady to Rumble
2000
as Mrs. MacKenzie
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Mrs. Powell
TVPayne
1999
as Flo
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Elderly Woman (voice)
MoviePatch Adams
1998
as Aggie
TVWill & Grace
1998
as Sylvia Walker
Movie54
1998
as Disco Dottie
MovieCarnival of Souls
1998
as Mrs. Meltzer
MovieThe Wedding Singer
1998
as Rosie
TVBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
TVJust Shoot Me!
1997
as Mrs. Gallo
TVSabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Old Lady
TVSuddenly Susan
1996
as Lily
TVArli$$
1996
as Amelia
TVMurder One
1995
TVNed & Stacey
1995
as Mrs. Porter
MovieProblem Child 3
1995
as Lila Duvane
TVHope and Gloria
1995
as Miss Mae
TVCybill
1995
as Elderly Woman
MovieRadioland Murders
1994
as Organist
TVER
1994
as Mrs. Riblet
TVOn Our Own
1994
as Little Old Lady
TVSister, Sister
1994
as Betty
MovieSister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Choir Nun
TVThe Nanny
1993
as Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
TVDave's World
1993
as Craft Granny
TVThe John Larroquette Show
1993
as Old Woman
TVHearts Afire
1992
as Miss Abbington
MovieSister Act
1992
as Choir Nun
MovieMemoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Mrs. Coulson
MovieSpace Case
1992
as Betsy
MovieBlood and Concrete
1991
as Old Lady
MovieMy Blue Heaven
1990
as Nun
TVWings
1990
as Debbie
TVChristine Cromwell
1989
as Lydia
TVFamily Matters
1989
as Miss Gilbert
TVSeinfeld
1989
as Momma
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Grandma
TVMurphy Brown
1988
as Aunt Belle
MovieGoing to the Chapel
1988
as Grandma Haldane
TVThe Wonder Years
1988
as Mrs. Tambora
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Felisa
TVBeauty and the Beast
1987
as Anna Lausch
MovieMunchies
1987
as Little Old Lady
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Need to Know")
MovieAmerican Drive-In
1985
as Allison
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Mrs. Leonard
TVMoonlighting
1985
as Mrs. Baer
TVNewhart
1982
as Dorothy Benson
