Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

Known For:Acting
Gender:Female
Birthday:1913-11-16
Place of Birth:Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As: The Rapping Granny / The Rapping Grandmother /
Known For: Acting Gender: Female Birthday: 1913-11-16 More

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Albertini Dow,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Fat Girls
Comedy Drama
Hannah Montana
Comedy Kids Family
American Dad!
Animation Comedy
Cold Case
Crime Drama Mystery
Las Vegas
Drama Comedy Action & Adventure Crime
Longshot
Action Comedy Thriller Drama Crime
Road Trip
Comedy Adventure
Family Guy
Animation Comedy
Patch Adams
Comedy Drama
54
Drama Music
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Documentary Mystery Reality
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Comedy Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy Kids
Problem Child 3
Comedy Family TV Movie
Radioland Murders
Comedy Crime Drama
Sister Act
Music Comedy
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Science Fiction Comedy Romance
Space Case
Comedy Science Fiction
My Blue Heaven
Action Comedy
Wings
Comedy Drama
Quantum Leap
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Drama
The Wonder Years
Comedy Drama Family
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Drama Mystery
Munchies
Comedy Horror Science Fiction
The Twilight Zone
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama
Moonlighting
Comedy Drama Mystery Crime
Newhart
Comedy Drama
  • name:Ellen Albertini Dow
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Female
  • Birthday:1913-11-16
  • Place of Birth:Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also Known As: The Rapping Granny · The Rapping Grandmother ·
  • 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.
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