Ellen Albertini Dow

Ellen Albertini Dow

Birthday: 1913-11-16

Place of Birth: Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography: 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.

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Patch Adams
Patch Adams

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, ...

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54
54

Shane O'Shea, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding another, more exci...

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The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer

Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, wai...

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Munchies
Munchies

Simon Watterman, a space archaeologist, discovers the "Munchies" in a cave in Peru. Cecil Watterman,...

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Ready to Rumble
Ready to Rumble

Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupul...

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Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers

John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams fo...

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Annie's Point
Annie's Point

A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes f...

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Not Another Not Another Movie
Not Another Not Another Movie

Follows a struggling movie studio that's willing to do anything to make some money - even if it mean...

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The Blue Hour
The Blue Hour

Several strangers in Los Angeles weave their stories of loss and hope, not knowing that their lives ...

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Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders

A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network....

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Road Trip
Road Trip

After an Ithaca College student films his one-night stand with a beautiful sorority girl, he discove...

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Going to the Chapel
Going to the Chapel

As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected gues...

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Frank the Bastard
Frank the Bastard

A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and l...

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The Invited
The Invited

A young married couple who are pregnant with their first child moves into their turn-of-the-century ...

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Eight Crazy Nights
Eight Crazy Nights

Davey Stone, a 33-year old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways g...

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Longshot
Longshot

Teen Alex Taylor and his older brother Jack live in L.A. where Jack is a personal fitness trainer. J...

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Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls

A young woman is pursued in reality and in her subconscious by the sadistic carnival clown who raped...

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Fat Girls
Fat Girls

A gay theater-obsessed Texan high school senior has his heart set on Broadway stardom with an eye ou...

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Space Case
Space Case

In the future, mental institutions are located on far-away planets. One such planet is the apex for ...

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Sister Act
Sister Act

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob...

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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presid...

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Problem Child 3
Problem Child 3

Now a pre-teen, Junior has fallen head over heels for a classmate who doesn't even notice him, but d...

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Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while ...

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My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Ant...

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Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

Venturing into the woods causes nothing but trouble and hilarity for three misguided males in this s...

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Blood and Concrete
Blood and Concrete

A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops...

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