Ellen Albertini Dow
Ellen Albertini Dow

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Albertini Dow,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Gender
Female
IMDb Id
nm0016687
Known For Department
Acting
Also Known As
The Rapping Granny , The Rapping Grandmother ,
Date of Birth
1913-11-16
Place of Birth
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Death
2015-05-04

Known For

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Six Feet Under

TV Series 2001
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Seinfeld

TV Series 1989
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American Dad!

TV Series 2005
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Family Guy

TV Series 1999
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In Case of Emergency

TV Series 2007
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Judging Amy

TV Series 1999
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The Golden Girls

TV Series 1985
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The Twilight Zone

TV Series 1985
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My Name Is Earl

TV Series 2005
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The Nanny

TV Series 1993