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Ellen Albertini Dow

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Ellen Albertini Dow

Born November 16, 1913 in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USADied May 4, 201527 films

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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Sister Act poster6.8Sister Act1992Wedding Crashers poster6.5Wedding Crashers2005The Wedding Singer poster6.8The Wedding Singer1998Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit poster6.4Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit1993Road Trip poster6.3Road Trip2000Memoirs of an Invisible Man poster5.9Memoirs of an Invisible Man199254 poster5.9541998My Blue Heaven poster6.1My Blue Heaven1990

Filmography

27 films as actor
  1. 2015Frank the BastardDora
  2. 2011Not Another Not Another MovieRose
  3. 2010The InvitedNatalie Shaw
  4. 2009Without a Paddle: Nature's CallingMrs. Bessler
  5. 2007The Blue HourAnabella
  6. 2006Fat GirlsMildred
  7. 2005Wedding CrashersGrandma Mary Cleary
  8. 2005Annie's PointLouise Tette
  9. 2002Eight Crazy NightsSee's Candies Box (voice)
  10. 2001LongshotMs. Fleisher
  11. 2000Road TripBarry's Grandma
  12. 2000Ready to RumbleMrs. MacKenzie
  13. 1998Patch AdamsAggie
  14. 199854Disco Dottie
  15. 1998Carnival of SoulsMrs. Meltzer
  16. 1998The Wedding SingerRosie
  17. 1995Problem Child 3Lila Duvane
  18. 1994Radioland MurdersOrganist
  19. 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitChoir Nun
  20. 1992Sister ActChoir Nun
  21. 1992Memoirs of an Invisible ManMrs. Coulson
  22. 1992Space CaseBetsy
  23. 1991Blood and ConcreteOld Lady
  24. 1990My Blue HeavenNun
  25. 1988Going to the ChapelGrandma Haldane
  26. 1987MunchiesLittle Old Lady
  27. 1985American Drive-InAllison