Acting

Ellen Albertini Dow

1913-11-16 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movies & TV shows

77 credits

Family Guy

1999 · Elderly Woman (voice)

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Family Guy

1999 · Aunt Helen (voice)

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American Dad!

2005 · Helen Washburn (voice)

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Shameless

2011 · The Real Aunt Ginger

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Seinfeld

1989 · Momma

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 · Felisa

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New Girl

2011 · Aunt Ruthie

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The Nanny

1993 · Wendell's Mother (uncredited)

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Cold Case

2003 · Audrey Abruzzi (2007)

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ER

1994 · Mrs. Riblet

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Scrubs

2001 · Betty

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Las Vegas

2003 · Dottie Arkin

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Quantum Leap

1989 · Grandma

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The Golden Girls

1985 · Mrs. Leonard

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The Golden Girls

1985 · Lillian

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The Golden Girls

1985 · Sarah

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Wings

1990 · Debbie

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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996 · Old Lady

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Judging Amy

1999 · Mrs. Powell

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Six Feet Under

2001 · Roberta

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Murphy Brown

1988 · Aunt Belle

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The Wonder Years

1988 · Mrs. Tambora

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Hannah Montana

2006 · Kathrine McCord

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Will & Grace

1998 · Sylvia Walker

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Just Shoot Me!

1997 · Mrs. Gallo

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Newhart

1982 · Dorothy Benson

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My Name Is Earl

2005 · Gertrude Balboa

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Family Matters

1989 · Miss Gilbert

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Moonlighting

1985 · Mrs. Baer

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The Twilight Zone

1985 · (segment "Need to Know")

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The Twilight Zone

1985 · (segment "The Storyteller")

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Arli$$

1996 · Amelia

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Cybill

1995 · Elderly Woman

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997 · Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")

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Sister, Sister

1994 · Betty

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Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

2004 · Mrs. Knapp

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The John Larroquette Show

1993 · Old Woman

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Murder One

1995

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Ned & Stacey

1995 · Mrs. Porter

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Dave's World

1993 · Craft Granny

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Nikki

2000 · Miss Marie

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Suddenly Susan

1996 · Lily

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Hearts Afire

1992 · Miss Abbington

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Sister Act

1992 · Choir Nun

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Wedding Crashers

2005 · Grandma Mary Cleary

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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993 · Choir Nun

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Patch Adams

1998 · Aggie

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Hope and Gloria

1995 · Miss Mae

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Road Trip

2000 · Barry's Grandma

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The Wedding Singer

1998 · Rosie

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992 · Mrs. Coulson

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54

1998 · Disco Dottie

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On Our Own

1994 · Little Old Lady

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In Case of Emergency

2007

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My Blue Heaven

1990 · Nun

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Christine Cromwell

1989 · Lydia

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Christine Cromwell

1989 · Nanny

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Eight Crazy Nights

2002 · See's Candies Box (voice)

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Problem Child 3

1995 · Lila Duvane

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Ready to Rumble

2000 · Mrs. MacKenzie

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Munchies

1987 · Little Old Lady

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Radioland Murders

1994 · Organist

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Blood and Concrete

1991 · Old Lady

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Payne

1999 · Flo

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Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

2009 · Mrs. Bessler

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Carnival of Souls

1998 · Mrs. Meltzer

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The Invited

2010 · Natalie Shaw

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Frank the Bastard

2015 · Dora

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Annie's Point

2005 · Louise Tette

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Longshot

2001 · Ms. Fleisher

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Beauty and the Beast

1987 · Anna Lausch

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Space Case

1992 · Betsy

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Going to the Chapel

1988 · Grandma Haldane

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American Drive-In

1985 · Allison

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Not Another Not Another Movie

2011 · Rose

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The Blue Hour

2007 · Anabella

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Fat Girls

2006 · Mildred

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