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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).
Actress: The Wedding Singer. The multifaceted Ellen Albertini was a student of dance and piano at the age of five, and obtained a B.A. and M.A. in theater from Cornell University.
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Lillian is a major one-off character in the 1988 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls. She is a friend of Sophia's who was moved to a cheaper, run-down nursing home after her family was unable to keep up with the cost of keeping her at Shady Pines. Lillian is portrayed by the late Ellen Albertini Dow.
Ellen Albertini Dow appears as a resident in the retirement home Sophia goes to work at. Previously, she made appearances in season 4, The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo (1988) as Mrs. Leonard and Sophia's Choice (1989) as Sophia's friend Lillian.
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The Golden Girls (TV Series 1985–1992) Ellen Albertini Dow as Lillian, Mrs. Leonard, Sarah.
May 4, 2015 · 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".
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Albertini Dow counted among her television and film credits two episodes of The Twlight Zone reboot, Munchies, Newhart, The Golden Girls, Sister Act, Quantum Leap, Seinfeld, Carnival of Souls, 54, Scrubs, Six Feet Under, Wedding Crashers, Hannah Montana and Family Guy.
