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Fran Drescher

Television Actress / Actress / Film Actress / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Writer / Television Presenter / Character Actress / Voice Actress / Stage Actress / Television Producer | * 09/30/1957 (65) | Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, writer, activist, and trade union leader. 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 tale Stranger in Our House (1978). In the 1980s, she gained recognition as a comedic actress in the films Gorp (1980), The Hollywood Knights (1980), Doctor Detroit (1983), This Is Spinal Tap (198... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

The story follows the misadventures of a New York City beautician who is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country. ...

The Beautician and the Beast

PG

1997 | 3.4/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best fri ...

Hotel Transylvania

PG

2012 | 3.5/5 | 1h 31min
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
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The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming. ...

UHF

PG-13

1989 | 3.4/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Drama
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Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the oppo ...

The Nanny

TV-PG

1993 | 4.1/5 | 24min per episode
Comedy
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Movies with Fran Drescher as Actress(43)

as Agnes Morris2023 Twilight's Child
as Agnes Morris2023 Secrets of the Morning
as Agnes Morris2023 Midnight Whispers
as Agnes Morris2023 Dawn
as Eunice (voice)2022 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
as Kate Spencer2020 The Christmas Setup
as Joanne2020 Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as herself2020 Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Carrie Robards2019 The Creatress
as herself2019 Funny Women of a Certain Age
as Diane2019 After Class
as Eunice (voice)2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018 Seven Women
as Eunice (voice)2015 Hotel Transylvania 2
as herself2013 Skum Rocks!
as Eunice (voice)2012 Hotel Transylvania
as Pearl (voice)2006 Shark Bait
as Virginia Mason2005 Santa's Slay
as herself2004 Une nounou d'enfer : Une bouchée à retenir
as Amanda2003 Beautiful Girl
as Sister Frida2000 Picking Up the Pieces
as Joy Miller1997 The Beautician and the Beast
as Dolores Durante1996 Jack
as Velma Velour1994 Car 54, Where Are You?
as Rosemarie Russo1993 Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
as Valerie1992 We're Talkin' Serious Money
as Veronica1990 Wedding Band
as Joy Munchack1990 Cadillac Man
as Pamela Finklestein1989 UHF
as Polo Habel1989 The Big Picture
as Germaine1989 Love and Betrayal
1989 It Had to Be You
as Jody Levin1988 Rock 'N Roll Mum
as Linda1984 The Rosebud Beach Hotel
as Bobbi Flekman1984 This Is Spinal Tap
1984 Young Lust
as Karen Blittstein1983 Doctor Detroit
as Mameh1981 Ragtime
as Sally1980 The Hollywood Knights
as Evie1980 Gorp
as Carolyn Baker1979 Stranger in Our House
as Sheryl1978 American Hot Wax
as Connie1977 Saturday Night Fever

TV Shows/Series with Fran Drescher as Actress(36)

as Leslie Harper Weinstein2023 I'd Rather be Calm
as Debbie2020 Indebted
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
2018 Alone Together
as herself2014 Beat Bobby Flay
2012 Home & Family
as Fran Lovett2011 Happily Divorced
as Fran Reeves2005 Living with Fran
2005 The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005 The Reichen Show
2004 Entourage
2004 The Tony Danza Show
2003 The Simple Life
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as herself2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Fran Reeves2002 What I Like About You
as Elaine Dockerty2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Irene Slater2000 Strong Medicine
as herself1997 The View
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1995 MADtv
as herself1994 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994 Intimate Portrait
as Fran Fine (voice)1993 The Nanny
as Fran Fine1993 The Nanny
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Melissa Kirshner1991 Princesses
1990 WIOU
1990 Dream On
1989 The Simpsons
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Ryan
as Roxanne1986 ALF
1985 227
1984 Night Court
1984 Who's the Boss?
1976 Live from Lincoln Center

Movies with Fran Drescher as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer1997 The Beautician and the Beast

TV Shows/Series with Fran Drescher as Crew(14)

Writing/Story2011 Happily Divorced
Creator/Creator2011 Happily Divorced
Writing/Writer2005 Living with Fran
Production/Producer2005 Living with Fran
Creator/Creator2004 The Nanny
Writing/Writer2004 My Fair Nanny
Creator/Creator2004 My Fair Nanny
Directing/Director2000 Strong Medicine
Production/Producer1993 The Nanny
Directing/Director1993 The Nanny
Writing/Writer1993 The Nanny
Crew/Creator1993 The Nanny
Production/Executive Producer1993 The Nanny
Creator/Creator1993 The Nanny

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Born: Monday, 09/30 1957 (September) in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 65 years + 172 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Queens College, Hillcrest High School, Wagner College
Member of: SAG-AFTRA
Spouses (current/former): Peter Marc Jacobson, Shiva Ayyadurai
Other names for Fran Drescher (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Francine Joy Drescher"
Fran Drescher frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (20x, Actress)
Whoopi Goldberg (16x, Actress)
Peter Marc Jacobson (14x, Crew)
Genndy Tartakovsky (11x, Crew)
Ryan Seacrest (11x, Actor)
Alec Baldwin (10x, Actor)
Ellen DeGeneres (10x, Actress)
Susan Sarandon (10x, Actress)
Tom Arnold (10x, Actor)
Phil Hartman (10x, Actor)
Howie Mandel (10x, Actor)
Martin Short (9x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8399, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/19/2023