Ellen Albertini Dow
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Family Guy
Elderly Woman (voice)
1999
Series
Family Guy
Aunt Helen (voice)
1999
Series
Shameless
The Real Aunt Ginger
2011
Series
American Dad!
Helen Washburn (voice)
2005
Series
Seinfeld
Momma
1989
Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Felisa
1987
Series
New Girl
Aunt Ruthie
2011
Series
The Nanny
Wendell's Mother (uncredited)
1993
Series
ER
Mrs. Riblet
1994
Series
Cold Case
Audrey Abruzzi (2007)
2003
Series
Scrubs
Betty
2001
Series
Quantum Leap
Grandma
1989
Series
Las Vegas
Dottie Arkin
2003
Series
Six Feet Under
Roberta
2001
Series
Will & Grace
Sylvia Walker
1998
Series
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Old Lady
1996
Series
Wings
Debbie
1990
Series
Judging Amy
Mrs. Powell
1999
Series
Hannah Montana
Kathrine McCord
2006
Series
The Golden Girls
Mrs. Leonard
1985
Series
The Golden Girls
Lillian
1985
Series
The Golden Girls
Sarah
1985
Series
My Name Is Earl
Gertrude Balboa
2005
Series
The Wonder Years
Mrs. Tambora
1988
Series
Newhart
Dorothy Benson
1982
Series
Family Matters
Miss Gilbert
1989
Series
Murphy Brown
Aunt Belle
1988
Series
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Need to Know")
1985
Series
The Twilight Zone
(segment "The Storyteller")
1985
Series
Moonlighting
Mrs. Baer
1985
Series
Just Shoot Me!
Mrs. Gallo
1997
Series
Arli$$
Amelia
1996
Series
Sister, Sister
Betty
1994
Series
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")
1997
Series
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Mrs. Knapp
2004
Series
Cybill
Elderly Woman
1995
Series
Murder One
1995
Series
The John Larroquette Show
Old Woman
1993
Film
Wedding Crashers
Grandma Mary Cleary
2005
Film
Sister Act
Choir Nun
1992
Series
Dave's World
Craft Granny
1993
Series
Ned & Stacey
Mrs. Porter
1995
Series
Nikki
Miss Marie
2000
Series
Hearts Afire
Miss Abbington
1992
Series
Suddenly Susan
Lily
1996
Film
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Choir Nun
1993
Series
Hope and Gloria
Miss Mae
1995
Film
Road Trip
Barry's Grandma
2000
Film
Patch Adams
Aggie
1998
Film
The Wedding Singer
Rosie
1998
Film
54
Disco Dottie
1998
Series
Christine Cromwell
Lydia
1989
Series
Christine Cromwell
Nanny
1989
Film
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Mrs. Coulson
1992
Series
On Our Own
Little Old Lady
1994
Film
Eight Crazy Nights
See's Candies Box (voice)
2002
Film
My Blue Heaven
Nun
1990
Series
In Case of Emergency
2007
Film
Problem Child 3
Lila Duvane
1995
Film
Ready to Rumble
Mrs. MacKenzie
2000
Film
Munchies
Little Old Lady
1987
Series
Payne
Flo
1999
Film
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Mrs. Bessler
2009
Film
Radioland Murders
Organist
1994
Film
Blood and Concrete
Old Lady
1991
Film
Not Another Not Another Movie
Rose
2011
Film
Longshot
Ms. Fleisher
2001
Film
Frank the Bastard
Dora
2015
Film
Carnival of Souls
Mrs. Meltzer
1998
Film
Going to the Chapel
Grandma Haldane
1988
Film
The Blue Hour
Anabella
2007
Film
Space Case
Betsy
1992
Film
Fat Girls
Mildred
2006
Film
The Invited
Natalie Shaw
2010
Series
Beauty and the Beast
Anna Lausch
1987
Film
American Drive-In
Allison
1985
Film
Annie's Point
Louise Tette
2005