Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
November 16, 1913
Day of Death
May 4, 2015
(died at 101.46301369863 years old)
Place of Birth
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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