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Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 16, 1913
Died May 04, 2015 (101)
Birthplace Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Frank the Bastard

Frank the Bastard

2015

as Dora

The Invited

The Invited

2010

as Natalie Shaw

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

2009

as Mrs. Bessler

Fat Girls

Fat Girls

2006

as Mildred

Annie's Point

Annie's Point

2005

as Louise Tette

Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers

2005

as Grandma Mary Cleary

Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights

2002

as See's Candies Box (voice)

Longshot

Longshot

2001

as Ms. Fleisher

Ready to Rumble

Ready to Rumble

2000

as Mrs. MacKenzie

Road Trip

Road Trip

2000

as Barry's Grandma

The Wedding Singer

The Wedding Singer

1998

as Rosie

54

54

1998

as Disco Dottie

Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls

1998

as Mrs. Meltzer

Patch Adams

Patch Adams

1998

as Aggie

Problem Child 3

Problem Child 3

1995

as Lila Duvane

Radioland Murders

Radioland Murders

1994

as Organist

Sister Act

Sister Act

1992

as Choir Nun

Space Case

Space Case

1992

as Betsy

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

as Mrs. Coulson

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

1990

as Nun

Going to the Chapel

Going to the Chapel

1988

as Grandma Haldane

Munchies

Munchies

1987

as Little Old Lady

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Television Credits

Payne

as Flo

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 15, 1999

Ned and Stacey

as Mrs. Porter

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 11, 1995

Six Feet Under

as Roberta

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 03, 2001

American Dad!

as Helen Washburn (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 06, 2005

Seinfeld

as Momma

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 05, 1989

Family Guy

as Elderly Woman (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 1999

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Felisa

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1987

Judging Amy

as Mrs. Powell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

The Golden Girls

as Mrs. Leonard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1985

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Need to Know")

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1985

My Name Is Earl

as Gertrude Balboa

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2005

The Nanny

as Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 03, 1993

Cold Case

as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2003

Moonlighting

as Mrs. Baer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 03, 1985

Quantum Leap

as Grandma

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 1989

The Wonder Years

as Mrs. Tambora

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 1988

Hannah Montana

as Kathrine McCord

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 2006

Scrubs

as Betty

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 2001

Will & Grace

as Sylvia Walker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1998

Just Shoot Me!

as Mrs. Gallo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

ER

as Mrs. Riblet

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 25, 1997

New Girl

as Aunt Ruthie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2011

Family Guy

as Aunt Helen (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 1999

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Old Lady

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1996

Hearts Afire

as Miss Abbington

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1992

On Our Own

as Little Old Lady #1

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1994

Nikki

as Miss Marie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 2000

Hope and Gloria

as Miss Mae

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 09, 1995

The John Larroquette Show

as Old Woman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 1993

Murphy Brown

as Aunt Belle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1988

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

as Mrs. Knapp

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2004

Wings

as Debbie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 19, 1990

The Golden Girls

as Lillian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1985

The Golden Girls

as Sarah

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1985

Dave's World

as Craft Granny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1993

Suddenly Susan

as Lily

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1996

Shameless

as The Real Aunt Ginger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 2011

Newhart

as Dorothy Benson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1982

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "The Storyteller")

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1985

Family Matters

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 22, 1989

Murder One

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1995

In Case of Emergency

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 2007

Las Vegas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2003

Beauty and the Beast

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1987

Cybill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1995

Newhart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1982

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