Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, writer, activist, and trade union leader, currently serving as the national president of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). She is known for her role as Fran Fine in the television sitcom
The Nanny (1993–1999), which she created and produced with her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson. Drescher made her screen debut with a small role in the 1977 film
Saturday Night Fever and later appeared in
American Hot Wax (1978) and Wes Craven's horror film
Stranger in Our House (1978). In the 1980s, she gained recognition as a comedic actress in the films
Gorp (1980),
The Hollywood Knights (1980),
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