Ellen Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American character actress. She mainly played feisty old ladies and is perhaps best known as the rapping grandmother in 1998 movie "The Wedding Singer". Other roles include the homophobic grandmother in "Wedding Crashers", Disco Dottie in "54", the recipient of Christopher Lloyd's slapstick in "Radioland Murders", and a choir member in "Sister Act".