Ellen Albertini Dow
Ellen Albertini Dow
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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Place of birth
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA 
Date of birth
16th November 1913
Date of death
4th May 2015
Movies that starred Ellen Albertini Dow (6 in total)
Wedding Crashers [2005]
Grandma Mary Cleary
Ready to Rumble [2000]
Mrs. MacKenzie
The Wedding Singer [1998]
Rosie
54 [1998]
Disco Dottie
Problem Child 3 [1995]
Lila Duvane
Sister Act [1992]
Choir Nun
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