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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1913-11-16 (111 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

Ellen Albertini Dow

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.

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Known For

Acting

2015

2011

New Girl as Aunt Ruthie
Shameless as The Real Aunt Ginger

2010

The Invited as Natalie Shaw

2009

2007

2006

Fat Girls as Mildred
Hannah Montana as Kathrine McCord

2005

Wedding Crashers as Grandma Mary Cleary
Annie's Point as Louise Tette
American Dad! as Helen Washburn (voice)
My Name Is Earl as Gertrude Balboa

2004

2003

Cold Case as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)

2002

Eight Crazy Nights as See's Candies Box (voice)

2001

Longshot as Ms. Fleisher
Six Feet Under as Roberta
Scrubs as Betty

2000

Ready to Rumble as Mrs. MacKenzie
Road Trip as Barry's Grandma
Nikki as Miss Marie

1999

Family Guy as Elderly Woman (voice)
Judging Amy as Mrs. Powell
Family Guy as Aunt Helen (voice)
Payne as Flo

1998

Patch Adams as Aggie
54 as Disco Dottie
Carnival of Souls as Mrs. Meltzer
Will & Grace as Sylvia Walker

1997

Just Shoot Me! as Mrs. Gallo
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")

1996

1995

Problem Child 3 as Lila Duvane
Hope and Gloria as Miss Mae
Ned and Stacey as Mrs. Porter

1994

Radioland Murders as Organist
ER as Mrs. Riblet
On Our Own as Little Old Lady #1

1993

The Nanny as Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)
Dave's World as Craft Granny

1992

Space Case as Betsy
Sister Act as Choir Nun
Hearts Afire as Miss Abbington

1990

Wings as Debbie

1989

Seinfeld as Momma
Quantum Leap as Grandma

1988

Going to the Chapel as Grandma Haldane
The Wonder Years as Mrs. Tambora
Murphy Brown as Aunt Belle

1987

Munchies as Little Old Lady

1985

The Golden Girls as Mrs. Leonard
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Need to Know")
Moonlighting as Mrs. Baer
The Golden Girls as Lillian
The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Storyteller")

1982

Newhart as Dorothy Benson