- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEllen Rose Albertini
- Height4′ 11″ (1.50 m)
- 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 in Paris. She was an acting coach before she made her debut film appearance in American Drive-in (1985), and later became memorable as the rapping grandmother in The Wedding Singer (1998), "Disco Dottie" in 54 (1998) and the homophobic grandmother in Wedding Crashers (2005).- IMDb Mini Biography By: tony.r.vario@gmail.com
- SpouseEugene Dow(June 27, 1951 - October 11, 2004) (his death)
- Did the actual rapping in The Wedding Singer (1998) which appears on the film's soundtrack.
- Was one of the "irregular" regulars on The Golden Girls (1985), playing more than three different bit parts during the show's run.
- She was an avid hat collector and claimed they made her look taller. She was 4'11".
- After graduation from Cornell, she relocated to New York City and spent 11 years acting, choreographing, performing mime and studying with choreographers Martha Graham and Hanya Holt, as well as mime artists Jacques Lecoq and Marcel Marceau.
- She is buried at Saint Peter's Cemetery in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, beside her husband, in the Albertini family plot.
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