From 2001 to 2002 she starred as Grandma Harriet Krupp on the television series Maybe It’s Me. Ellen Dow appeared in several films including Ready to Rumble, Road Trip, Sister Act, 54, Patch Addams, and Wedding Crashers. She also appeared in episodes of the TV series The Twilight Zone, Mr. Belvedere, Beauty and the Beast, Moonlighting, Webster, The Golden Girls, The Wonder Years, Family Matters, ER, Seinfeld, Will & Grace, Scrubs, Six Feet Under, and Hannah Montana.  Ellen Dow passed away on May 4, 2015 at 101 years old from pneumonia.