The Fran Drescher Handbook - Everything you need to know about Fran Drescher

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Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian, producer, and activist. She is best known for her role as Fran Fine in the hit TV series, The Nanny, her nasal voice and thick New York accent.
Drescher made her screen debut with a small role in the 1977 blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever, prior to appearing in films, such as the biopic American Hot Wax (1978) and Wes Craven's horror tale Summer of Fear (1978). In the 1980s, she gained recognition as a comedic actress in the films The Hollywood Knights (1980), Doctor Detroit (1983), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), and UHF (1989) while establishing a television career with guest appearances on several series. In 1993, she achieved wider fame as Fran Fine in her own sitcom vehicle The Nanny, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Television Series during the show's run. She received further recognition for her performances in Jack (1996) and The Beautician and the Beast (1997) and reinforced her reputation as a leading sitcom star with Living With Fran (2005–2006) and Happily Divorced (2011–present).
A uterine cancer survivor, Drescher is an outspoken healthcare advocate and LGBT rights activist, and is noted for her work as a Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women's Health Issues for the U.S. State Department. Divorced from writer and producer Peter Marc Jacobson, she currently lives in Malibu, California.

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Contents

Articles Fran Drescher 227 (TV series) ALF (TV series) American Hot Wax Beautiful Girl (film)

Benjamin Salisbury

Cadillac Man Charles Shaughnessy Daniel Davis Doctor Detroit Francis Ford Coppola Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Gorp (film) Happily Divorced Hillcrest High School (New York City) Hotel Transylvania Jack (1996 film) Life Ball Living With Fran Love, Loss, and What I Wore Peter Marc Jacobson Picking Up the Pieces Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Princesses (TV series) Ray Romano Ryan McPartlin Santa's Slay Shark Bait Some Girl(s) Stranger in Our House TV Land TV Land Award The Beautician and the Beast The Big Picture (1989 film)

1 9 14 25 27 29 30 32 36 38 42 63 69 71 75 77 86 89 99 103 112 114 116 130

132 138 141 143 146 147 149 154 158 161

The Fran Drescher Show The Hollywood Knights The Nanny The Nanny (Pilot) The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember The Rosebud Beach Hotel Treehouse of Horror XVII

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Drescher at the Vienna Life Ball in 2009

Occupation

Years active

Spouse(s)

Francine Joy Drescher September 30, 1957 Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, U.S.

Actress, comedian, producer, activist

1977–present

Peter Marc Jacobson (m. 197–81999)

Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher(born September 30, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian, producer, and activist. She is best known for her role as Fran Fine in the hit TV series,The Nanny, her nasal voice and thick New York accent.

Drescher made her screen debut with a small role in the 1977 blockbuster filmSaturday Night Fever, prior to appearing in films, such as the biopicAmerican Hot Wax(1978) and Wes Craven's horror taleSummer of Fear (1978). In the 1980s, she gained recognition as a comedic actress in the filmsThe Hollywood Knights(1980),Doctor Detroit(1983),This Is Spinal Tap(1984), andUHF(1989) while establishing a television career with guest appearances on several series. In 1993, she achieved wider fame as Fran Fine in her own sitcom vehicleThe Nanny, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Television Series during the show's run. She received further recognition for her performances inJack(1996) and The Beautician and the Beast(1997) and reinforced her reputation as a leading sitcom star withLiving With Fran (2005–2006) andHappily Divorced(2011–present).

A uterine cancer survivor, Drescher is an outspoken healthcare advocate and LGBT rights activist, and is noted for her work as a Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women's Health Issues for the U.S. State Department. Divorced from writer and producer Peter Marc Jacobson, she currently lives in Malibu, California.

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Early life [1] Drescher was born in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, the daughter of Sylvia, a bridal consultant, and Morty [2] Drescher, a naval systems analyst. Her Ashkenazi Jewish family is of South-East and Central European origin. Her [3] great-grandmother was born in Focaani, Romania, and had emigrated to the United States. She has an older sister, Nadine. Drescher was a first runner-up for "Miss New York Teenager" in 1973, as revealed in her first autobiographyEnter Whiningreleased December 29, 1995, and on her interview on William Shatner'sRaw Nerve, which first aired on January 27, 2009. She attended Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens, where she met her future husband, Peter [4] Marc Jacobson, whom she married in 1978, at age 21. They divorced in 1999. Jacobson was Drescher's constant supporter in her show-business career, and he wrote, directed and produced her signature television series,The Nanny. Drescher graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1975; one of her classmates was comedian Ray [5] Romano. Drescher's character Fran Fine onThe Nannyand Romano's character Ray Barone onEverybody Loves [6] Raymondmet at a 20th high school reunion.

Career

Early careers Her first break was a small role as the dancer Connie in the blockbuster movieSaturday Night Fever(1977) in which she delivered the line "So, are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?" to John Travolta. A year later, she began to gain more attention in films such asAmerican Hot Wax(1978), and Wes Craven'sSummer of Fear(1978). She also took on a rare dramatic role in the Milos Forman 1981 film,Ragtime. During the 1980s, Drescher found moderate success as a character actress with memorable roles in films such asThe Hollywood Knights,Doctor Detroit,The Big Picture,UHF,Cadillac Man, and memorably inThis is Spinal Tapas publicist Bobbi Fleckman. She also made an appearance in a second season episode ofWho's the Bossin 1985 as an interior decorator.

The Nannyand later film roles Drescher and Jacobson created their own television show,The Nannyin 1993. The show aired on CBS from 1993 and ended in 1999, and Drescher became an instant star. In this sitcom, she played a charming and bubbly woman named Fran Fine who casually became the nanny of Margaret ("Maggie"), Brighton ("B"), and Grace ("Gracie") Sheffield; with her wit and her charm, she endeared herself to their widower father: stuffy, composed, proper British gentleman, and Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield (played by British actor Charles Shaughnessy). Drescher appeared inJack(1996), directed by Francis Ford Coppola,The Beautician and the Beast(1997) (for which she was also executive producer) andPicking Up the Pieces(2000) co-starring Woody Allen. She also was the voice of "Pearl" inShark Bait(2006).

Return to television In recent years, Drescher has made a return to television both with leading and guest roles. In 2003, Drescher appeared in episodes of the short lived sitcom,Good Morning, Miamias Roberta Diaz. In 2005, she returned to TV with the sitcomLiving with Fran, in which she played Fran Reeves, a middle-aged mother of two, living with Riley Martin (Ryan McPartlin), a man half her age and not much older than her son. FormerNannycostar Charles Shaughnessy appeared as her philandering ex-husband, Ted.Living with Franwas cancelled May 17, 2006, after two seasons. In 2006, Drescher guest starred in an episode ofLaw & Order: Criminal Intent; the episode, "The War at Home", [7] aired on US television on November 14, 2006. She also appeared in an episode of the seriesEntourageand in the

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same year, gave her voice to the role of a female golem inThe Simpsonsepisode "Treehouse of Horror XVII". In 2007, Drescher appeared in the US version of the Australian improvisational comedy seriesThank God You're Here. In 2008, Drescher announced that she was developing a new sitcom entitledThe New Thirty, also starring Rosie O'Donnell. A series about two old high school friends coping with midlife crises, Drescher described the premature [8] plot of the show as "kind ofSex and the Citybut we ain't getting any! It'll probably be more likeThe Odd Couple." [8] The sitcom failed to materialize however. In 2010, Drescher returned to television with her own daytime talk show,The Fran Drescher Tawk Show. While the program debuted to strong ratings, it ended its three-week test run [9][10] to moderate success, resulting in its shelving. The following year, the sitcomHappily Divorced, created by Drescher and her ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, was picked up by TV Land for a ten-episode order. It premiered [11] there June 15, 2011. The show was renewed in July 2011 for a second season of 12 episodes, which aired in spring 2012. On May 1, 2012, TV Land extended the second season and picked up 12 additional episodes, taking the second season total to 24. The back-order of season two will debut later in 2012. To promoteHappily Divorced, Drescher performed the weddings of three gay couples in New York City using the [12] minister's license she received from the Universal Life Church. Drescher hand-picked the three couples, all of whom were entrants into "Fran Drescher's 'Love Is Love' Gay Marriage Contest" on Facebook, based on the stories the couples submitted about how they met, why their relationship illustrated that "love is love" and why they wanted [13] to be married by her.

Personal life After separating in 1996, Drescher and Jacobson divorced in 1999. They had no children. Drescher stated, "I would [14] have been able to conceive but not hold on". Drescher has worked to support LGBT rights issues after her [15] ex-husband came out. Drescher has stated that the primary reason for the divorce was her need to change directions in life. Drescher attended City University of New York: Queens College Drescher and Jacobson remain friends and business partners. She has stated that "...we choose to be in each others’lives in any capacity. Our love is [16] unique, rare, and unconditional; unless he’s being annoying.”After her divorce, Drescher dated a man 16 years her junior. She credits the relationship with helping her through cancer and used it as inspiration for her sitcom [17] Living with Fran.

The 1985 robbery and rape In January 1985, two armed robbers broke into Drescher and Jacobson's Los Angeles apartment. While one ransacked their home, the other raped Drescher and her friend at gunpoint. Jacobson was also physically attacked, tied up, and forced to witness the entire ordeal. It took Drescher many years to recover, and it took her even longer to tell her story to the press. She was paraphrased as saying in an interview with Larry King that although it was a traumatic experience, she found ways to turn it into something positive. In her bookCancer Schmancer, the actress writes:"My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives."Her rapist, who was on parole at the time [14] of the crime, was returned to prison and sentenced to two life sentences.

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Cancer battle After two years of symptoms and misdiagnosis by eight doctors, Drescher was admitted to Los Angeles's Cedars Sinai Hospital on June 21, 2000, after doctors diagnosed her with uterine cancer. She had to undergo an immediate radical hysterectomy to treat the disease. Drescher was given a clean bill of health and no post-operative treatment has been ordered. [14] She wrote about her experiences in her second book,Cancer Schmancerpurpose for this book was to raise. Her consciousness for men and women "to become more aware of the early warning signs of cancer, and to empower themselves." Drescher says, "I was going to learn what I needed to learn, ask questions, become partners with my doctor instead of having some kind of parent/child relationship."

Cancer Schmancer Movement

Drescher at a press conference for the Austrian charity 'Dancer Against Cancer', 2010.

On June 21, 2007, the seventh anniversary of her operation, Drescher announced the national launch of the Cancer Schmancer Movement, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that all women's cancers be diagnosed while in Stage 1, the most curable stage. She celebrated her tenth year of wellness on June 21, 2010. Fran says:

We need to take control of our bodies, become greater partners with our physicians and galvanize as one to let our legislators know that the “ [18] collective female vote is louder and more powerful than that of the richest corporate lobbyists.

”

Her goal is to live in a time when women's mortality rates drop as their health care improves and early cancer [19] detection increases. More information can be found on her website at cancerschmancer.org . [20] Her efforts as an outspoken healthcare advocate in Washington DC helped get unanimous passage for H.R. 1245 (also known as Johanna's Law) and she is acknowledged in the Congressional Record.

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Politics

In September 2008, Drescher, a Democrat, was appointed as a U.S. diplomat by George W. Bush Administration's Assistant Secretary of State Goli Ameri. Her official title is Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women's Health Issues. In traveling throughout the world, she will support U.S. public diplomacy efforts, including working with health organizations and women's groups to raise awareness of women’s health issues, cancer awareness and detection, and patient empowerment and advocacy. Her first trip was in late September and [21][3] included stops in Romania, Hungary, Kosovo and Poland.

In 2008, Drescher supported Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. She attended a Super Democrat rally for Clinton. Drescher said that she had been considering a run for the United States Senate in 2008 to succeed [22][23] Hillary Rodham Clinton, but ultimately decided against it.

Awards

Drescher has been the recipient of the John Wayne Institute’s Woman of Achievement Award, the Gilda Award, the City of Hope Woman of the Year Award, the Hebrew University Humanitarian Award, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Spirit of Achievement Award.

Most recently she was honored with the City of Hope Spirit of Life Award, which was presented to her by Senator Hillary Clinton. On April 10, 2010, she was guest of honor at the "Dancer against Cancer" charity ball held at the Imperial Palace, Vienna, Austria, where she received the first "My Aid Award" for her achievements in [24] support of cancer prevention and rehabilitation.

Filmography

Film

Year

Film

1977Saturday Night Fever

1978American Hot Wax

1978Stranger in Our House

1980The Hollywood Knights

1980Gorp

1981Ragtime

1983Doctor Detroit

1984This Is Spinal Tap

1984The Rosebud Beach Hotel

1988

Rock 'n' Roll Mom

Connie

Sheryl

Role

Carolyn Baker

Sally

Evie

Mameh

Karen Blittstein

Bobbi Flekman

Linda

Jody Levin

Life Ball 2009; Bill Clinton, Fran Drescher and Elke Winkens

U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy Fran Drescher and Goli Ameri

Notes

5

Joy Munchack

We're Talking Serious Money

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

Veronica

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994

1993

4 episodes 1 episode, "Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" 1 episode, "Pilot" 8 episodes 1 episode, "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told"

1996Jack

1992

Year 1982 1983 1985 1985 1984–92

Roxanne Jo Finc Melissa Kirshner Kathleen Fran Fine/Fran Sheffield

voice

Joyce Columbus

Miriam Brody

ALF WIOU Princesses Dream On The Nanny

Night Court Charmed Lives

Eunice

Role Rhonda Tapioca Annie Mrs. Baker

Amanda Wasserman

Virginia Mason

Pearl

2 episodes, "Charmed Lives" and "The Heiress"

2012Hotel Transylvania

Dolores "D.D." Durante

Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress

Pamela Finklestein

Germaine

Velma Valour

Rosemarie Russo

6

2003Beautiful Girl

Picking Up the Pieces

2000

2005Santa's Slay

2006Shark Bait

Notes 1 episode,″Metamorphosis″

Title

145 episodes, also Writer, Producer and Director Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress– Television Series Musical or Comedy (1996–97) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding [25] Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (1996–97) Nominated—American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series (1996) Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress– Television Series Musical or Comedy (1997) Nominated—TV Guide Award for Favorite Actress in a Comedy (1999) Nominated—TV Land Award Favorite Nanny (2008)

Fran Drescher

Sister Frida

1986 1986 1990 1990 1991 1991 1993–99

1990Wedding Band

1989UHF

1 episode, "Marry Me, Marry Me: Part 2

1989Love and Betrayal

1 episode, "The Refrigerator"

1 episode, "The Oldest Profession"

Fame 9 to 5 Silver Spoons 227 Who's the Boss

voice

voice

Television

1 episode, "Author, Author"

Madame LaRue

2011Mindwash. The Jake Sessions

1997The Beautician and the Beast

Joyce Columbus/Carol Patrice

1990Cadillac Man

Joy Miller

Valerie

The Exonerated

Stage

2011–present

Lead role; also Writer and Producer

Notes

1 episode, "Treehouse of Horror XVII"

Live from Lincoln Center Entourage Glenn Martin, DDS

Thank God You're Here

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Fran Lovett

Happily Divorced

Morgan Le Fay

The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember

Irene Slater

The Simpsons

Herself/Ms. Bumblebee

2008

The Female Golem

herself

1 episode, "The All Out Fall Out" 1 episode, voice

1 episode, "The War at Home"

2006 2006

What I Like About You

Strong Medicine

2003 2004

2004

2005–06 2005

Good Morning, Miami

Fran Drescher

1 episode, "Camelot"

26 episodes, also Producer

Hosted by herself and her mother Sylvia Drescher, also Producer

3 episodes 1 episode, "Cinderella in Scrubs" Director "Like Cures Like"

Talk-Show, also Producer

2007

as herLiving with Francharacter, Fran Reeves: 1 episode, "Girls Gone Wild"

Theatres at 45 Bleecker/Bleecker Steet Theatre

The Fran Drescher Show

Mrs. Levine Arlene Stein Host

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

2009

2002-04

Year

2006

References [1] Firestone, David. "For Queens, a Place in the Sun; Hollywood Is Suddenly Zooming In, With a Vengeance" (http:/ /query.nytimes.com/gst/ fullpage.html?res=9E04E0DB113BF93BA2575AC0A962958260& scp=1&sq="fran+drescher"+"kew+gardens"&st=nyt),The New York Times, September 18, 1994. Accessed 2008-01-27. "Ms. Drescher, who actually comes from Kew Gardens Hills, may be the most deliberately colorful of the lot, but she is hardly alone in celebrating the showbiz ascendancy of her native land." [2] Fran Drescher Biography (1957-) (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/53/Fran-Drescher.html) [3]"DbdacaFran:„nidcmoRsuEtnuin!a“" (http:/ /www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/dadaca-fran-eu-sunt-din-romania--822765.html) (in Romanian). Evenimentul Zilei. October 1, 2008. . [4] Meisler, Andy. "TELEVISION; Mary Poppins She's Not" (http:/ /query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage. html?res=9C02EED91F39F93BA25751C1A962958260),The New York Times, December 18, 1994. Accessed 2007-11-20. "After she graduated from Hillcrest High School in Queens, where she met Jacobson, the two of them moved to Los Angeles and were married." [5] http://poobala.com/everybodyandnanny.html [6] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0657352/ [7] TV.com - episode page (http:/ /www.tv.com/law-and-order-criminal-intent/the-war-at-home/episode/913601/summary. html?tag=ep_list;title;7) [8] Gordon, Julie (2008-05-22). "BUZZ: Rosie O'Donnell, Fran Drescher combine for TV's whiniest sitcom?" (http:/ /www.newsday.com/ buzz-rosie-o-donnell-fran-drescher-combine-for-tv-s-whiniest-sitcom-1. 880364).Newsday. . Retrieved 2011-03-31. [9] Albiniak, Paige (2011-11-29). "Audiences Still LoveThe Nanny" (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/ 460398-Audiences_Still_Love_The_Nanny_.php).Broadcasting & Cable. . Retrieved 2011-03-31.

2008 2010 2010

Some Girl(s)

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Westside Theatre

Fran Reeves Fran Reeves

Lucille Lortel Theatre

Title

Living with Fran

Elaine Dockerty

Roberta Diaz