Ellen Albertini Dow

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Nov 16, 1913 (111 years old)
Death date
May 04, 2015

Ellen Albertini Dow

Known For

Frank the Bastard
1h 51m
Movie 2015

Frank the Bastard

A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.

The Invited
1h 35m
Movie 2010

The Invited

A young married couple who are pregnant with their first child moves into their turn-of-the-century home where they discover that a great evil has resided there for nearly a century, unleashed by a previous occupant.

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
1h 36m
Movie 2009

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

Venturing into the woods causes nothing but trouble and hilarity for three misguided males in this straight to video spin-off of 2004's "Without A Paddle".

Patch Adams
1h 55m
Movie 1998

Patch Adams

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

Carnival of Souls
1h 23m
Movie 1998

Carnival of Souls

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

The Wedding Singer
1h 37m
Movie 1998

The Wedding Singer

Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more complicated than anybody thought.

Radioland Murders
1h 48m
Movie 1994

Radioland Murders

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

Space Case
1h 21m
Movie 1992

Space Case

In the future, mental institutions are located on far-away planets. One such planet is the apex for an invasion of Earth by rodent-like aliens. It is up to a band of intrepid mental patients to thwart their evil schemes.

My Blue Heaven
1h 37m
Movie 1990

My Blue Heaven

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...

Going to the Chapel
1h 36m
Movie 1988

Going to the Chapel

As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.

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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