Ellen Albertini Dow
Born November 16, 1913 (Age: 112)
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Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Wedding Crashers
2005
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as Grandma Mary Cleary
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Age: 91
Eight Crazy Nights
2002
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as See's Candies Box (voice)
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Age: 89
Road Trip
2000
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as Barry's Grandma
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Age: 86
Ready to Rumble
2000
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as Mrs. MacKenzie
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Age: 86
Patch Adams
1998
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as Aggie
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Age: 85
54
1998
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as Disco Dottie
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Age: 84
The Wedding Singer
1998
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as Rosie
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Age: 84
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
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as Choir Nun
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Age: 80
Sister Act
1992
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as Choir Nun
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Age: 78
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
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as Mrs. Coulson
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Age: 78
My Blue Heaven
1990
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as Nun
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Age: 76