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Ellen Albertini Dow

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

November 16, 1913(101)

Day of Death

May 4, 2015

Place of Birth

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

The Rapping GrannyThe Rapping Grandmother
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Ellen Albertini Dow

Acting

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.

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Filmography