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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 may be best known as the rapping grandmother Rosie in The Wedding Singer (1998), performing "Rappers 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 sitcom The Golden Girls. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Albertini Dow,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Frank the Bastard
as Dora

Not Another Not Another Movie
as Rose

New Girl
as Aunt Ruthie

Shameless
as The Real Aunt Ginger

The Invited
as Natalie Shaw

Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
as Mrs. Bessler

In Case of Emergency

The Blue Hour
as Anabella

Fat Girls
as Mildred

Hannah Montana
as Kathrine McCord

My Name Is Earl
as Gertrude Balboa

Wedding Crashers
as Grandma Mary Cleary

American Dad!
as Helen Washburn (voice)

Annie's Point
as Louise Tette

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
as Mrs. Knapp

Cold Case
as Audrey Abruzzi (2007)

Las Vegas
as Dottie Arkin

Eight Crazy Nights
as See's Candies Box (voice)

Longshot
as Ms. Fleisher

Scrubs
as Betty

Six Feet Under
as Roberta

Nikki
as Miss Marie

Road Trip
as Barry's Grandma

Ready to Rumble
as Mrs. MacKenzie

Judging Amy
as Mrs. Powell

Payne
as Flo

Family Guy
as Elderly Woman (voice)

Patch Adams
as Aggie

Will & Grace
as Sylvia Walker

54
as Disco Dottie

Carnival of Souls
as Mrs. Meltzer

The Wedding Singer
as Rosie

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Connie Howard (segment "Mystery Lock")

Just Shoot Me!
as Mrs. Gallo

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Old Lady

Suddenly Susan
as Lily

Arli$$
as Amelia

Murder One

Ned & Stacey
as Mrs. Porter

Problem Child 3
as Lila Duvane

Hope and Gloria
as Miss Mae

Cybill
as Elderly Woman

Radioland Murders
as Organist

ER
as Mrs. Riblet

On Our Own
as Little Old Lady

Sister, Sister
as Betty

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Choir Nun

The Nanny
as Wendell's Mother (uncredited)

Dave's World
as Craft Granny

The John Larroquette Show
as Old Woman

Hearts Afire
as Miss Abbington

Sister Act
as Choir Nun

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Mrs. Coulson

Space Case
as Betsy

Blood and Concrete
as Old Lady

My Blue Heaven
as Nun

Wings
as Debbie

Christine Cromwell
as Lydia

Family Matters
as Miss Gilbert

Seinfeld
as Momma