Ellen Albertini Dow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ellen Albertini Dow

actress

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1913

Place of Birth: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 04-May-2015

Profession: actor, stage actor, choreographer, theater director, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (November 15, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American film and television character actress and drama coach.
She portrayed feisty old ladies and is best known as the rapping grandmother Rosie in The Wedding Singer (1998), performing "Rapper's 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 sitcoms The Golden Girls (playing Lillian, a friend of Sophia's) and Will & Grace (as Karen Walker’s mother-in-law Sylvia).