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Ellen Albertini Dow

1913 - 2015

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Albertini Dow has received more than 1,167,621 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Albertini Dow is the 4,498th most popular actor (up from 5,588th in 2019), the 6,592nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,323rd in 2019) and the 2,015th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.46

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 4,498 out of 13,578. Before her are Christina Schollin, Golshifteh Farahani, Klara Luchko, Adrienne Corri, John P. Ryan, and Ronit Elkabetz. After her are Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Suze Randall, Mumtaz, Maury Chaykin, Pat Roach, and Alexander Siddig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 254. Before her are Cordwainer Smith, Rudolf Harbig, Homai Vyarawalla, Oswald Teichmüller, Jacinto Convit, and Erich Eliskases. After her are Robert Nisbet, Fred Agabashian, Mary Carew, Balraj Sahni, Suzan Kahramaner, and Oscar Alfredo Gálvez. Among people deceased in 2015, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 304. Before her are Eduardo Guerrero, Dolph Schayes, Karel Mejta Sr, Candida Royalle, Mary Ellen Trainor, and Lia van Leer. After her are Mario Cuomo, Keith Michell, Elio Toaff, Gunther Schuller, Bengt Berndtsson, and Dora Doll.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 6,592 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Chapman (1935), George Jones (1931), Jared Kushner (1981), Kevin Feige (1973), John P. Ryan (1936), and Wayne Kramer (1948). After her are Stephen Sommers (1962), Maury Chaykin (1949), James Lee Burke (1936), Brad Delson (1977), Joel Stebbins (1878), and Gregory Olsen (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 2,015. Before her are Julie Bowen (1970), Susanna Thompson (1958), Rory Calhoun (1922), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952), Shelley Hack (1947), and John P. Ryan (1936). After her are Maury Chaykin (1949), Shailene Woodley (1991), Tom Byron (1961), Shawn Wayans (1971), Mark Rydell (1929), and Néstor Carbonell (1967).

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Television and Movie Roles

Wedding Crashers
Grandma Mary Cleary
John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.
Jul 13o 20056.486 / 10
Sister Act
Choir Nun
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
May 28o 19926.8 / 10
The Wedding Singer
Rosie
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.
Feb 13o 19986.773 / 10