
Acting
Ellen Albertini Dow
1913 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
27 films
Bio
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.
Filmography

Sister Act
Choir Nun

Wedding Crashers
Grandma Mary Cleary

Road Trip
Barry's Grandma

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Choir Nun

Patch Adams
Aggie

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Mrs. Coulson

Eight Crazy Nights
See's Candies Box (voice)

The Wedding Singer
Rosie

Ready to Rumble
Mrs. MacKenzie

54
Disco Dottie

Problem Child 3
Lila Duvane

My Blue Heaven
Nun