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Ellen Albertini Dow
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Born 1913-11-16
Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
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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 Chris...
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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.
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Hannah Montana
as Kathrine McCord
American Dad!
as Helen Washburn (voice)
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
as Mrs. Knapp
Las Vegas
as Dottie Arkin
Nikki
as Miss Marie
Judging Amy
as Mrs. Powell
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
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