
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

Patch Adams
Aggie

Sister Act
Choir Nun

Wedding Crashers
Grandma Mary Cleary

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Choir Nun

Road Trip
Barry's Grandma

The Wedding Singer
Rosie

Munchies
Little Old Lady

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Mrs. Coulson

Ready to Rumble
Mrs. MacKenzie

Eight Crazy Nights
See's Candies Box (voice)

My Blue Heaven
Nun

54
Disco Dottie