Trivia

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.

A teacher in the drama department at Los Angeles City College, she also directed and choreographed many of the college's musicals and operas. When she retired from teaching in 1985, she decided to study film and TV and AFI and a new character career was born at age 67.

The seventh child of immigrant parents, she started studying dance and piano at age 5.

At the time of her death, she was the longest lived actor in "Star Trek" history. She played Beverly Crusher's grandmother Felisa Howard in Sub Rosa (1994). However, she has since been surpassed by Norman Lloyd, who played Professor Richard Galen in The Chase (1993). On November 8, 2016, he became the first "Star Trek" actor to celebrate his 102nd birthday.

Husband, Eugene "Gene" Dow Jr., was a teacher (1957-1983) and the founder of the theater arts department at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California, in addition to being a director, writer, composer and decorated WWII hero. During his tenure, he became a mentor to such actors as Cindy Williams and Talia Shire.

She taught Drama and Dance for 30 years.

Recorded an album, which includes both classic songs and original material by her late husband, Eugene Dow.

Ellen met her husband, Eugene Dow, when she was assistant directing and he was starring in a production at the Carnegie Little Theatre in New York.

Producer/creator of Albertini Mime Players for 19 years.

Raised in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania.

Worked as a director and choreographer for many productions including "The Beggars Opera" at Carnegie Recital Hall, as well as "The Magic Flute" and "Julius Caesar" with famous German musical director Hugo Strelitzer.

Educated at Cornell University.

She was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority.

When Dow moved to Los Angeles with her husband, she taught drama at Los Angeles City College. She and her husband later taught at Los Angeles Pierce College.

Dow studied acting with Michael Shurtleff and Uta Hagen, and worked with mimes Marcel Marceau and Jacques Lecoq in NYC.

Dow was a practicing Roman Catholic and a lifelong Democrat.