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Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

Actor·1913–2015·Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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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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The Invited

The Invited

Actor (Natalie Shaw)

2010
Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls

Actor (Mrs. Meltzer)

1998
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Actor (Mrs. Coulson)

1992
Munchies

Munchies

Actor (Little Old Lady)

1987 2.5