
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.
27
Films
51
TV Shows
Known For
78 Credits
Family Guy
as Elderly Woman (voice)
1999

Family Guy
as Aunt Helen (voice)
1999

Shameless
as The Real Aunt Ginger
2011

American Dad!
as Helen Washburn (voice)
2005

Seinfeld
as Momma
1989

Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Felisa
1987

ER
as Mrs. Riblet
1994

Scrubs
as Betty
2001

The Nanny
as Wendell Kent's Mother (uncredited)
1993

New Girl
as Aunt Ruthie
2011

Cold Case
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
2003

Family Matters
as Miss Gilbert
1989