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Ellen Albertini Dow

AKA: The Rapping Granny
Birthday: 1913-11-16
Died: 2015-05-04
Birthplace: Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA


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.

Filmography

Patch Adams
Character: Aggie
54
Character: Disco Dottie
The Wedding Singer
Character: Rosie

Ready to Rumble
Character: Mrs. MacKenzie
Wedding Crashers
Character: Grandma Mary Cleary

Going to the Chapel
Character: Grandma Haldane
The Invited
Character: Natalie Shaw

Longshot
Character: Ms. Fleisher
Eight Crazy Nights
Character: See's Candies Box (voice)
Frank the Bastard
Character: Dora

Carnival of Souls
Character: Mrs. Meltzer
Fat Girls
Character: Mildred
Annie's Point
Character: Louise Tette

Space Case
Character: Betsy
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Character: Choir Nun
Sister Act
Character: Choir Nun

Problem Child 3
Character: Lila Duvane
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Character: Mrs. Coulson
My Blue Heaven
Character: Nun

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Character: Mrs. Bessler
Munchies
Character: Little Old Lady
Radioland Murders
Character: Organist

Road Trip
Character: Barry's Grandma