Ellen Albertini Dow was an American choreographer, born in 1913 in Mount Carmel, who died in 2015.
Biography
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).
Contemporaries
Alex Romero
American dancer and choreographer (1913–2007)
Marc Platt
American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer, and actor (1913-2014)
Waldeen Falkenstein
Mexican ballet dancer and choreographer (1913-1993)
Gene Kelly
American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)
James Starbuck
American ballet dancer and choreographer (1912-1997)
Kay Teer Crawford
National Dance Competition Producer (1914-2001)
Archie Savage
American actor, dancer, and choreographer (1914-2003)
Tommy Wonder
American dancer (1914-1993)
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