Ellen Albertini Dow

1913 - 2015

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.

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Фильмы

Wedding Crashers

David Dobkin

Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn

John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.

Wedding Crashers

7.0 2005

США, комедия

The Blue Hour

Eric Nazarian

Ellen Albertini Dow, Eric Burdon

Several strangers in Los Angeles weave their stories of loss and hope, not knowing that their lives have brushed up against each others in small but sometimes profound ways

The Blue Hour

6.9 ⚠️ 2007

драма

The Wedding Singer

Frank Coraci

Адам Сэндлер, Drew Barrymore

Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more complicated than anybody thought.

The Wedding Singer

6.9 1998

США, комедия

Patch Adams

Tom Shadyac

Robin Williams, Monica Potter

The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.

Patch Adams

6.9 1998

США, комедия

Annie's Point

Michael Switzer

Betty White, Ричард Эрл Томас

A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Point. The charm of this tale lies in her journey.

Annie's Point

6.9 ⚠️ 2005

США, драма

Sister Act

Emile Ardolino

Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.

Sister Act

6.6 1992

США, комедия

My Blue Heaven

Herbert Ross

Steve Martin, Rick Moranis

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...

My Blue Heaven

6.3 1990

США, боевик

Radioland Murders

Mel Smith

Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson

A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.

Radioland Murders

6.2 ⚠️ 1994

США, комедия

Going to the Chapel

Paul Lynch

Scott Valentine, Eileen Brennan

As a couple (Valentine and Greene) prepare to get married all sorts of uninvited and unexpected guests arrive and secrets are revealed.

Going to the Chapel

6.1 ⚠️ 1988

США, комедия

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

John Carpenter

Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah

After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

6.0 1992

США, комедия

54

Mark Christopher

Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek

«Студия 54» была самым популярным клубом Нью-Йорка. Случайно попасть туда было невозможно. Но оказавшись однажды, ты хотел остаться навсегда. Это история о знаменитом вертепе и его людях. О простом парне, чудом оказавшемся здесь. О наркотиках и беспорядочном сексе. О попытках заставить мечты сбыться любой ценой. Об оборотной стороне славы. О любви и разочарованиях. А также о последствиях всего этого.

5.9 1998

США, драма

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Bill Duke

Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

5.7 1993

США, комедия

Ready to Rumble

Brian Robbins

David Arquette, Scott Caan

Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.

Ready to Rumble

5.4 2000

США, боевик

Eight Crazy Nights

Seth Kearsley

Адам Сэндлер, Jackie Sandler

Davey Stone, a 33-year old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far.

Eight Crazy Nights

5.3 2002

США, мультфильм

Frank the Bastard

Brad Coley

Rachel Miner, William Sadler

A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.

Frank the Bastard

5.0 ⚠️ 2015

драма

Fat Girls

Ash Christian

Ash Christian, Jonathan Caouette

Fat Girls is an original off-beat comedy feature. It focuses on Rodney Miller, not your typical Texas high school student...he is a theater lover and his ultimate dream is to be on Broadway. Awkward and shy, he doesn't have many people to talk to in his small Texas town that understand him. He ends up finding what he was looking for in his theater teacher, Mr. Cox

Fat Girls

4.9 ⚠️ 2006

США, комедия