Ellen Albertini Dow

Acting

Nov 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Wedding Crashers2005
as ⁨Grandma Mary Cleary⁩
Sister Act1992
as ⁨Choir Nun⁩
Patch Adams1998
as ⁨Aggie⁩
Road Trip2000
as ⁨Barry's Grandma⁩
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit1993
as ⁨Choir Nun⁩
The Wedding Singer1998
as ⁨Rosie⁩
Memoirs of an Invisible Man1992
as ⁨Mrs. Coulson⁩
as ⁨Disco Dottie⁩
as ⁨See's Candies Box (voice)⁩
as ⁨Nun⁩
as ⁨Lila Duvane⁩
as ⁨Mrs. MacKenzie⁩
as ⁨Mrs. Bessler⁩
as ⁨Little Old Lady⁩
as ⁨Organist⁩
as ⁨Mrs. Meltzer⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Wedding Crashers2005
as ⁨Grandma Mary Cleary⁩
Sister Act1992
as ⁨Choir Nun⁩
Patch Adams1998
as ⁨Aggie⁩
Road Trip2000
as ⁨Barry's Grandma⁩
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit1993
as ⁨Choir Nun⁩
The Wedding Singer1998
as ⁨Rosie⁩
Memoirs of an Invisible Man1992
as ⁨Mrs. Coulson⁩
as ⁨Disco Dottie⁩
as ⁨See's Candies Box (voice)⁩
as ⁨Nun⁩
as ⁨Lila Duvane⁩
as ⁨Mrs. MacKenzie⁩
as ⁨Mrs. Bessler⁩
as ⁨Little Old Lady⁩
as ⁨Organist⁩
as ⁨Mrs. Meltzer⁩