Actor profile

Ellen Albertini Dow

16th November 1913 Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

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.

27 Movies 50 TV Shows 77 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Frank the Bastard poster

Frank the Bastard 28th July 2015 as Dora

Not Another Not Another Movie poster

Not Another Not Another Movie 17th October 2011 as Rose

The Invited poster

The Invited 1st January 2010 as Natalie Shaw

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling poster

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling 13th January 2009 as Mrs. Bessler

The Blue Hour poster

The Blue Hour 1st January 2007 as Anabella

Fat Girls poster

Fat Girls 28th April 2006 as Mildred

Wedding Crashers poster

Wedding Crashers 13th July 2005 as Grandma Mary Cleary

Annie's Point poster

Annie's Point 22nd January 2005 as Louise Tette

Eight Crazy Nights poster

Eight Crazy Nights 27th November 2002 as See's Candies Box (voice)

Longshot poster

Longshot 25th October 2001 as Ms. Fleisher

Road Trip poster

Road Trip 19th May 2000 as Barry's Grandma

Ready to Rumble poster

Ready to Rumble 7th April 2000 as Mrs. MacKenzie

Patch Adams poster

Patch Adams 25th December 1998 as Aggie

54 poster

54 28th August 1998 as Disco Dottie

Carnival of Souls poster

Carnival of Souls 21st August 1998 as Mrs. Meltzer

The Wedding Singer poster

The Wedding Singer 13th February 1998 as Rosie

Problem Child 3 poster

Problem Child 3 13th May 1995 as Lila Duvane

Radioland Murders poster

Radioland Murders 21st October 1994 as Organist

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit poster

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 9th December 1993 as Choir Nun

Sister Act poster

Sister Act 28th May 1992 as Choir Nun

Memoirs of an Invisible Man poster

Memoirs of an Invisible Man 28th February 1992 as Mrs. Coulson

Space Case poster

Space Case 1st January 1992 as Betsy

Blood and Concrete poster

Blood and Concrete 13th September 1991 as Old Lady

My Blue Heaven poster

My Blue Heaven 17th August 1990 as Nun

Going to the Chapel poster

Going to the Chapel 9th October 1988 as Grandma Haldane

Munchies poster

Munchies 1st March 1987 as Little Old Lady

American Drive-In poster

American Drive-In 19th September 1985 as Allison

New Girl poster

New Girl 20th September 2011 as Aunt Ruthie

Shameless poster

Shameless 9th January 2011 as The Real Aunt Ginger

In Case of Emergency poster

In Case of Emergency 3rd January 2007

Hannah Montana poster

Hannah Montana 24th March 2006 as Kathrine McCord

My Name Is Earl poster

My Name Is Earl 20th September 2005 as Gertrude Balboa

American Dad! poster

American Dad! 6th February 2005 as Helen Washburn (voice)

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide poster

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide 12th September 2004 as Mrs. Knapp

Cold Case poster

Cold Case 28th September 2003 as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)

Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas 22nd September 2003 as Dottie Arkin

Scrubs poster

Scrubs 2nd October 2001 as Betty

Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under 3rd June 2001 as Roberta

Nikki poster

Nikki 9th October 2000 as Miss Marie

Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy 19th September 1999 as Mrs. Powell

Payne poster

Payne 15th March 1999 as Flo

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Elderly Woman (voice)

Family Guy poster

Family Guy 31st January 1999 as Aunt Helen (voice)

Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace 21st September 1998 as Sylvia Walker

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction poster

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction 25th May 1997 as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")

Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me! 4th March 1997 as Mrs. Gallo

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 27th September 1996 as Old Lady

Suddenly Susan poster

Suddenly Susan 19th September 1996 as Lily

Arli$$ poster

Arli$$ 10th August 1996 as Amelia

Murder One poster

Murder One 20th September 1995

Ned & Stacey poster

Ned & Stacey 11th September 1995 as Mrs. Porter

Hope and Gloria poster

Hope and Gloria 9th March 1995 as Miss Mae

Cybill poster

Cybill 2nd January 1995 as Elderly Woman

ER poster

ER 19th September 1994 as Mrs. Riblet

On Our Own poster

On Our Own 13th September 1994 as Little Old Lady

Sister, Sister poster

Sister, Sister 1st April 1994 as Betty

The Nanny poster

The Nanny 3rd November 1993 as Wendell's Mother (uncredited)

Dave's World poster

Dave's World 20th September 1993 as Craft Granny

The John Larroquette Show poster

The John Larroquette Show 2nd September 1993 as Old Woman

Hearts Afire poster

Hearts Afire 14th September 1992 as Miss Abbington

Wings poster

Wings 19th April 1990 as Debbie

Christine Cromwell poster

Christine Cromwell 11th November 1989 as Lydia

Christine Cromwell poster

Christine Cromwell 11th November 1989 as Nanny

Family Matters poster

Family Matters 22nd September 1989 as Miss Gilbert

Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld 5th July 1989 as Momma

Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap 26th March 1989 as Grandma

Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown 14th November 1988 as Aunt Belle

The Wonder Years poster

The Wonder Years 31st January 1988 as Mrs. Tambora

Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation 28th September 1987 as Felisa

Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast 25th September 1987 as Anna Lausch

The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone 27th September 1985 as (segment "Need to Know")

The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone 27th September 1985 as (segment "The Storyteller")

The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls 14th September 1985 as Mrs. Leonard

The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls 14th September 1985 as Lillian

The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls 14th September 1985 as Sarah

Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting 3rd March 1985 as Mrs. Baer

Newhart poster

Newhart 2nd October 1982 as Dorothy Benson