Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting
Born: 1913-11-16 in 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.
Known For
Family Guy
Elderly Woman (voice)
Family Guy
Aunt Helen (voice)
Shameless
The Real Aunt Ginger
American Dad!
Helen Washburn (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Felisa
Seinfeld
Momma
The Nanny
Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
New Girl
Aunt Ruthie
Cold Case
Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
ER
Mrs. Riblet
Quantum Leap
Grandma
Scrubs
Betty
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Old Lady
Wings
Debbie
Judging Amy
Mrs. Powell
Newhart
Dorothy Benson
Murphy Brown
Aunt Belle
Las Vegas
Dottie Arkin
Will & Grace
Sylvia Walker
Hannah Montana
Kathrine McCord
Six Feet Under
Roberta
Family Matters
Miss Gilbert
The Golden Girls
Mrs. Leonard
The Golden Girls
Lillian
The Golden Girls
Sarah
The Wonder Years
Mrs. Tambora
My Name Is Earl
Gertrude Balboa
Just Shoot Me!
Mrs. Gallo
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Need to Know")
The Twilight Zone
(segment "The Storyteller")
Moonlighting
Mrs. Baer
Arli$$
Amelia
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
Sister, Sister
Betty
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Mrs. Knapp
The John Larroquette Show
Old Woman
Cybill
Elderly Woman
Wedding Crashers
Grandma Mary Cleary
Murder One
Sister Act
Choir Nun