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Ellen Albertini Dow was the seventh child of immigrant parents. She started studying dance and piano at age 5. She obtained a B.A. and M.A. in theatre from Cornell University, where she was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. She then moved to New York, where she studied and worked with the legendary dance greats Hanya Holm and Martha Graham. She studied acting with Michael Shurtleff and Uta Hagen and worked with the twentieth century’s greatest mimes, Marcel Marceau and Jacques LeCoq, in Paris. She did comedy in the Borscht Belt and at the Second Avenue Theatre in New York with Menasha Skulnik and Molly Picon. She performed in summer stock companies in Massachusetts, Long Island, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
Ellen worked as a director and choreographer for many productions including Beggars Opera at Carnegie Recital Hall and light operas and operas, including The Magic Flute and Julius Caesar with famous German musical director Hugo Strelitzer, and was the producer/creator of Albertini Mime Players for 19 years. Awards include a Rockefeller grant for mime, Who’s Who Women (West), and a proclamation by Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley. She was married to Eugene Dow until his death in 2004. |
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Trivia She played J. Peterman`s dying mother on an episode of Seinfeld. She often portrays feisty Old Ladies. She taught drama & dance for 30 years. Raised in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. Educated at Cornell University. Did the actual rapping in "The Wedding Singer" which appears on the CD soundtrack 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. Is a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. Was one of the "irregular" regulars on Golden Girls, playing more than 3 different bit characters during the show`s run. | ||
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