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Ellen Albertini Dow
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
Sister Act
as Choir Nun
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Choir Nun
Wedding Crashers
as Grandma Mary Cleary
Road Trip
as Barry's Grandma
Patch Adams
as Aggie
54
as Disco Dottie
The Wedding Singer
as Rosie
Problem Child 3
as Lila Duvane
Eight Crazy Nights
as See's Candies Box (voice)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Mrs. Coulson
