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May 6, 2015 · May 5, 2015. Ellen Albertini Dow, who found acting success in her 70s and portrayed feisty grandmothers in the hit film comedies “Wedding Crashers” and “The Wedding Singer,” stealing the show...
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. She moved to New York, and studied and worked with the legendary likes of Hanya Holm, Martha Graham, Michael Shurtleff, Uta Hagen, Marcel Marceau, and Jacques Lecoq ...
May 5, 2015 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen Albertini Dow, a feisty character actress best known for her salty rendition of “Rapper’s Delight” in “The Wedding Singer,” has died. She was 101. Her agent, Juliet Green, confirmed to The Associated Press that Dow died Monday.
May 5, 2015 · May 5, 2015 9:00am. Ellen Albertini Dow, famous for her role as the rapping grandmother in The Wedding Singer, has died, her manager, Juliet Green, has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter....
May 5, 2015 · May 5, 2015 9:57am PT. Ellen Albertini Dow, Rapping Granny from ‘The Wedding Singer,’ Dies at 101. By Variety Staff. Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage. Actress Ellen Albertini Dow, best...
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".
16 November 1913 to 4 May 2015. An American actress who amassed more than 100 screen credits despite only taking up the career after retiring from teaching in her seventies, Dow was perhaps best known for her role as Rosie the rapping granny in The Wedding Singer (1998) which spawned a double platinum-selling soundtrack.
