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Ellen Albertini Dow

Born
November 16, 1913
Died
May 4, 2015
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
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
(1993)
Choir Nun
Sister Act
(1992)
Choir Nun
The Wedding Singer
(1998)
Rosie
Wedding Crashers
(2005)
Grandma Mary Cleary
Patch Adams
(1998)
Aggie
Road Trip
(2000)
Barry's Grandma
Eight Crazy Nights
(2002)
See's Candies Box (voice)
Problem Child 3
(1995)
Lila Duvane
54
(1998)
Disco Dottie
My Blue Heaven
(1990)
Nun
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
(1992)
Mrs. Coulson
Munchies
(1987)
Little Old Lady
Carnival of Souls
(1998)
Mrs. Meltzer
Longshot
(2001)
Ms. Fleisher
Ready to Rumble
(2000)
Mrs. MacKenzie
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
(2009)
Mrs. Bessler
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