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,...
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,...
Known For
Cast Credits
Frank the Bastard
as Dora
The Invited
as Natalie Shaw
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
as Mrs. Bessler
Fat Girls
as Mildred
Wedding Crashers
as Grandma Mary Cleary
Annie's Point
as Louise Tette
Eight Crazy Nights
as See's Candies Box (voice)
Longshot
as Ms. Fleisher
Road Trip
as Barry's Grandma
Ready to Rumble
as Mrs. MacKenzie
Patch Adams
as Aggie
54
as Disco Dottie
Carnival of Souls
as Mrs. Meltzer
The Wedding Singer
as Rosie
Problem Child 3
as Lila Duvane
Radioland Murders
as Organist
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Choir Nun
Sister Act
as Choir Nun
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Mrs. Coulson
Space Case
as Betsy
Blood and Concrete
as Old Lady
My Blue Heaven
as Nun
Going to the Chapel
as Grandma Haldane
Munchies
as Little Old Lady
American Drive-In
as Allison