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