Ellen Albertini Dow
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Ellen Albertini Dow (born November 16, 1918) is an American character actress. She often portrays a feisty old lady and is perhaps best known as the rapping grandmother who performs in the feature film The Wedding Singer. She also played a disillusioned, homophobic grandmother (Much to the dismay of her gay grandson) in Wedding Crashers.
Dow was born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. She was educated at Cornell University and taught drama and dance before her Hollywood career.
[edit] External links
- Ellen Albertini Dow at the Internet Movie Database
- Ellen Albertini Dow article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.