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The Invited

as Natalie Shaw

2010
Wedding Crashers

as Grandma Mary Cleary

2005
Annie's Point

as Louise Tette

2005
Ready to Rumble

as Mrs. MacKenzie

2000
The Wedding Singer

as Rosie

1998
Sister Act

as Choir Nun

1992
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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