Actress Ellen Albertini Dow Dies at 101
She was the foul-mouth grandma in "Wedding Crashers."
— -- Ellen Albertini Dow died Monday at the age of 101, ABC News has confirmed through her rep Juliet Green.
Dow was best known for her work as the foul-mouth grandma in "Wedding Crashers" and performed "Rapper's Delight" in "The Wedding Singer."
Dow was born in 1913 in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, and had small roles in hits like "Moonlighting," "Family Matters" and "The Golden Girls" before being featured in 1998's "The Wedding Singer," alongside Adam Sandler.
She was also Barry's grandma in "Road Trip" and Grandma Cleary in "Wedding Crashers." More recently, she was featured in the hit show "New Girl" as Aunt Ruthie in 2013.
After obtaining a bachelor's and master's from Cornell University, Dow performed alongside legendary mimes Marcel Marceau and Jacques LeCoq in Paris, according to IMDB, which lists her first on-screen credits in the mid-1980s when she was already in her 70s. She also taught drama and dance for more than three decades.
Dow was married for more than 50 years to Eugene Francis Dow, also a teacher and founder of the theater arts department at Pierce College in California, from 1951 to 2004, before his death.