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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Full filmography
- Family Guy (1999) as Elderly Woman (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Aunt Helen (voice)
- Shameless (2011) as The Real Aunt Ginger
- American Dad! (2005) as Helen Washburn (voice)
- Seinfeld (1989) as Momma
- ER (1994) as Mrs. Riblet
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Felisa
- Scrubs (2001) as Betty
- New Girl (2011) as Aunt Ruthie
- The Nanny (1993) as Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
- Cold Case (2003) as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
- Wings (1990) as Debbie
- Quantum Leap (1989) as Grandma
- Six Feet Under (2001) as Roberta
- The Wonder Years (1988) as Mrs. Tambora
- Las Vegas (2003) as Dottie Arkin
- Will & Grace (1998) as Sylvia Walker
- Judging Amy (1999) as Mrs. Powell
- Hannah Montana (2006) as Kathrine McCord
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) as Old Lady
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Mrs. Leonard
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Lillian
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Sarah
- My Name Is Earl (2005) as Gertrude Balboa