Ellen Albertini Dow, 'Wedding Singer' rapper, dies at 101
By Associated Press
May 5, 2015 12:13 PM CDT
In this June 30, 2012 file photo, parade grand marshall actress Ellen Albertini Dow waves to the crowd as she rides in the back of a classic car during the Six-County Firemen's Parade in Mount Carmel, Northumberland County. Dow, a feisty and fiercely independent character actor best known for her salty...   (Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen Albertini Dow, a feisty character actress best known for her salty rendition of "Rapper's Delight" in "The Wedding Singer," has died. She was 101.

Her agent, Juliet Green, confirmed to The Associated Press that Dow died Monday.

Her breakout rap in "The Wedding Singer" led to memorable and often foul-mouthed character roles in films like "Wedding Crashers," ''Road Trip" and "54," as the drug-addled party girl Disco Dottie.

Dow's numerous television credits include "Seinfeld" and "New Girl."

The Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, native studied theater and dance for most of her life and obtained a master's degree from Cornell when that was still a rarity for women. Dow didn't begin her professional acting career until she was in her 70s, when she got her first job on "The Twilight Zone."