
Ellen Albertini Dow
Acting
Born November 16, 1913 · Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, USA
Died May 4, 2015
Also known as The Rapping Granny · The Rapping Grandmother
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.
Filmography50+ titles

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Seinfeld

The Wonder Years

Shameless

Scrubs

Six Feet Under

The Nanny

Quantum Leap

Cold Case

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

ER

Hearts Afire

My Name Is Earl

Murder One

The Golden Girls

Moonlighting

New Girl

Family Guy

Beauty and the Beast

Patch Adams

Hannah Montana

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Las Vegas

Ned and Stacey

Sister, Sister

American Dad!

Will & Grace

The Wedding Singer

Arli$$

Sister Act

Wings

Family Matters

Just Shoot Me!

Wedding Crashers

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Murphy Brown

Road Trip

My Blue Heaven

54

Suddenly Susan

Cybill

Radioland Murders

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Annie's Point

Eight Crazy Nights

Ready to Rumble

Munchies

Fat Girls

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling