Ellen Albertini Dow

Birth Name:

Ellen Rose Albertini

Birth Place:

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in theater from Cornell University and trained with legendary dancers Hanya Holm and Martha Graham
Began her teaching career in the drama department at Los Angeles City College before transferring to Pierce College, where her husband, Eugene Dow, founded the theater department
Worked with mimes Marcel Marceau and Jacques LeCoq in Paris and was a member of a comedy act before becoming a teacher
Best known for playing the rapping grandmother who performed "Rapper's Delight" in the 1998 Adam Sandler film "The Wedding Singer․"
Involved in the acting industry for most of her life, she didn't begin appearing in screen productions until she was in her 70s

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