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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. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Albertini Dow is the 6,263rd most popular actor (down from 4,494th in 2024), the 9,681st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,591st in 2019) and the 2,885th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 6,263 out of 13,578. Before her are Denis Lawson, Maude Fealy, Russell Wong, Sterling Holloway, Jamie Walters, and Brenda Song. After her are Jessica Capshaw, Charles Walters, Walter Giller, Jack McGee, Shane West, and Maddie Ziegler.

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Among people born in 1913, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 340. Before her are Andrzej Mostowski, Oswald Zappelli, Sverre Hansen, Tahirou Congacou, Wálter Guimarães, and Fritz Keller. After her are François Bourbotte, Franz Berghammer, Michael Foot, Fritz Fromm, Walter Susskind, and Douglas Slocombe. Among people deceased in 2015, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 414. Before her are John Trudell, Andy White, Haskell Wexler, Maria Golubnichaya, Miloslava Misáková, and Eric Thompson. After her are Peder Pedersen, Richard Bass, Catherine E. Coulson, Robert La Caze, Ann Rule, and Sergio Caprari.

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Among people born in United States, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 9,683 out of 20,380. Before her are Sterling Holloway (1905), Jamie Walters (1969), Vince Carter (1977), Seasick Steve (1951), Naomi (1987), and Brenda Song (1988). After her are Jessica Capshaw (1976), Charles Walters (1911), Van Dyke Parks (1943), Jack McGee (1949), Shane West (1978), and Kenneth Appel (1932).

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Among actors born in United States, Ellen Albertini Dow ranks 2,886. Before her are T. R. Knight (1973), Maude Fealy (1883), Russell Wong (1963), Sterling Holloway (1905), Jamie Walters (1969), and Brenda Song (1988). After her are Jessica Capshaw (1976), Charles Walters (1911), Jack McGee (1949), Shane West (1978), Maddie Ziegler (2002), and Justin Bartha (1978).

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