Ellen Albertini Dow

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Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American film and television character actress and ...

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

... 1992

Date of Birth:

1913-11-16

Country:

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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Ellen Albertini Dow

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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Ellen Albertini Dow

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Ellen Albertini Dow

Found movies in total

Together

Together

... 2025

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

... 2025

I Spit on Your Grave 2

I Spit on Your Grave 2

... 2013

Emergency

Emergency

... 2022

The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

... 2023

Murmur of the Heart

Murmur of the Heart

... 1971

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Diary of a Mad Old Man

... 1987

The Doom Generation

The Doom Generation

... 1995

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

... 2016