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Ellen Albertini Dow

1913-11-16

The 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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Sister Act

6.828 average rating
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Wedding Crashers

6.495 average rating
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

6.367 average rating
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The Wedding Singer

6.774 average rating
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Munchies

4.725 average rating
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Space Case

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Fat Girls

4.25 average rating
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Road Trip

6.228 average rating
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Eight Crazy Nights

5.2 average rating
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Patch Adams

7.31 average rating
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54

5.9 average rating
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Problem Child 3

4.699 average rating
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My Blue Heaven

6.08 average rating
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Ready to Rumble

5.2 average rating
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Frank the Bastard

2.5 average rating
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Blood and Concrete

5.5 average rating
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man

5.881 average rating
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Carnival of Souls

3.7 average rating
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Annie's Point

5.375 average rating
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Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

4.4 average rating