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Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

Acting
Born: 1913-11-16
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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

72 Works
Family Guy
7.4

Family Guy

1999

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Shameless
8.2

Shameless

2011

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American Dad!
7.0

American Dad!

2005

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Seinfeld
8.3

Seinfeld

1989

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ER
7.8

ER

1994

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Scrubs
8.2

Scrubs

2001

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Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

tv

The Nanny
8.1

The Nanny

1993

tv

Cold Case
7.8

Cold Case

2003

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Will & Grace
6.9

Will & Grace

1998

tv

New Girl
7.4

New Girl

2011

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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
7.8

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996

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