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 sla...

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Patch Adams

As Aggie

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54

As Disco Dottie

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The Wedding Singer

As Rosie

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Munchies

As Little Old Lady

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Ready to Rumble

As Mrs. MacKenzie

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Wedding Crashers

As Grandma Mary Cleary

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Annie's Point

As Louise Tette

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Not Another Not Another Movie

As Rose

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The Blue Hour

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Radioland Murders

As Organist

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Road Trip

As Barry's Grandma

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Going to the Chapel

As Grandma Haldane

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The Invited

As Natalie Shaw

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Frank the Bastard

As Dora

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Eight Crazy Nights

As See's Candies Box (voice)

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Longshot

As Ms. Fleisher

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Carnival of Souls

As Mrs. Meltzer

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Fat Girls

As Mildred

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Space Case

As Betsy

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Sister Act

As Choir Nun

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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

As Choir Nun

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Problem Child 3

As Lila Duvane

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man

As Mrs. Coulson

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My Blue Heaven

As Nun

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Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

As Mrs. Bessler

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Six Feet Under

As Roberta

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Seinfeld

As Momma

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American Dad!

As Helen Washburn (voice)

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Family Guy

As Elderly Woman (voice)

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

As Felisa

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In Case of Emergency

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Judging Amy

As Mrs. Powell

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The Golden Girls

As Mrs. Leonard

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The Twilight Zone

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My Name Is Earl

As Gertrude Balboa

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The Nanny

As Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)

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Cold Case

As Audrey Abruzzi (2007)

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Las Vegas

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Beauty and the Beast

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Moonlighting

As Mrs. Baer

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Cybill

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Murder One

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Quantum Leap

As Grandma

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Newhart

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Family Matters

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The Wonder Years

As Mrs. Tambora

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Hannah Montana

As Kathrine McCord

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Scrubs

As Betty

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Will & Grace

As Sylvia Walker

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Just Shoot Me!

As Mrs. Gallo

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ER

As Mrs. Riblet

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

As Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")

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New Girl

As Aunt Ruthie

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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

As Old Lady

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Hearts Afire

As Miss Abbington

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Payne

As Flo

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On Our Own

As Little Old Lady #1

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Nikki

As Miss Marie

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Hope and Gloria

As Miss Mae

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The John Larroquette Show

As Old Woman

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Murphy Brown

As Aunt Belle

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Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

As Mrs. Knapp

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Wings

As Debbie

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Dave's World

As Craft Granny

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Suddenly Susan

As Lily

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Shameless

As The Real Aunt Ginger

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Ned and Stacey

As Mrs. Porter