Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher

Known for
Acting
Born
September 30, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, writer, activist, and trade union leader. Drescher is known for her role as Fran Fine in the television sitcom The Nanny (1993–1999). 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 (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. In the 2000s, Drescher reinforced her position as a leading sitcom star with Living with Fran and Happily Divorced. Since 2012, she has starred in the animated Hotel Transylvania film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Drescher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

Movie · as Self

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Charmed Lives

Charmed Lives

TV · 4 eps

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I'd Rather Be Calm

I'd Rather Be Calm

TV · as Leslie Harper Weinstein · 1 ep

2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues poster

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Movie · as Bobbi Flekman

2025
A Tooth Fairy Tale poster

A Tooth Fairy Tale

Movie · as Queen Mortina (voice)

2025
Twiggy poster

Twiggy

Movie · as Self

2025
Marty Supreme poster

Marty Supreme

Movie · as Rebecca Mauser

2025
Lubach poster

Lubach

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
V.C. Andrews' Dawn poster

V.C. Andrews' Dawn

TV · as Agnes Morris · 4 eps

2022
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania poster

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

Movie · as Eunice (voice)

2021
Mr. Mayor poster

Mr. Mayor

TV · as Angelica Masters · 1 ep

2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness poster

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Movie · as Self

2020
The Christmas Setup poster

The Christmas Setup

Movie · as Kate Spencer

2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens poster

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Movie · as Joanne

2020
The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Indebted poster

Indebted

TV · as Debbie · 12 eps

2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time poster

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
After Class poster

After Class

Movie · as Diane

2019
Funny Women of a Certain Age poster

Funny Women of a Certain Age

Movie · as Herself

2019
The Creatress poster

The Creatress

Movie · as Carrie Robards

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation poster

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Movie · as Eunice (voice)

2018
Seven Women poster

Seven Women

Movie

2018
Alone Together poster

Alone Together

TV · 1 ep

2018
Welcome to the Wayne poster

Welcome to the Wayne

TV · as Barbara Wasserman · 1 ep

2015
Hotel Transylvania 2 poster

Hotel Transylvania 2

Movie · as Eunice (voice)

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The 7D poster

The 7D

TV · as Encyclopedia (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Broad City poster

Broad City

TV · as Beverly Baumgarten · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Brave Miss World poster

Brave Miss World

Movie · as Self

2013
Skum Rocks! poster

Skum Rocks!

Movie · as Self

2013
Beverly Hills Pawn poster

Beverly Hills Pawn

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Beat Bobby Flay poster

Beat Bobby Flay

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Hotel Transylvania poster

Hotel Transylvania

Movie · as Eunice (voice)

2012
Gotham Comedy Live poster

Gotham Comedy Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2012
Home & Family poster

Home & Family

TV · 1 ep

2011
Happily Divorced poster

Happily Divorced

TV · as Fran Lovett · 34 eps

2010
The Fran Drescher Show poster

The Fran Drescher Show

TV · as Self - Host · 16 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center poster

Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center

Movie · as Morgan Le Fay

2008
Shatner's Raw Nerve poster

Shatner's Raw Nerve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Thank God You're Here poster

Thank God You're Here

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Shark Bait poster

Shark Bait

Movie · as Pearl (voice)

2005
Santa's Slay poster

Santa's Slay

Movie · as Virginia Mason

2005
Living with Fran poster

Living with Fran

TV · as Fran Reeves · 26 eps

2005
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart

TV · 1 ep

2005
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember poster

The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember

Movie · as Self

2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? poster

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Mrs. Levine · 1 ep

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Beautiful Girl poster

Beautiful Girl

Movie · as Amanda

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
The Simple Life poster

The Simple Life

TV · 1 ep

2002
What I Like About You poster

What I Like About You

TV · as Fran Reeves · 1 ep

2002
Good Morning, Miami poster

Good Morning, Miami

TV · as Roberta Diaz · 3 eps

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Elaine Dockerty · 1 ep

2000
Picking Up the Pieces poster

Picking Up the Pieces

Movie · as Sister Frida

2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

Movie · as Self

2000
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · as Irene Slater · 1 ep

1999
Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Treyf poster

Treyf

Movie

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

1997
The Beautician and the Beast poster

The Beautician and the Beast

Movie · as Joy Miller

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1996
Jack poster

Jack

Movie · as Dolores Durante

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1995
The Nanny: Oy to the World poster

The Nanny: Oy to the World

Movie · as Fran Fine (voice)

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Car 54, Where Are You? poster

Car 54, Where Are You?

Movie · as Velma Velour

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers poster

Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

Movie · as Rosemarie Russo

1993
The Nanny poster

The Nanny

TV · as Fran Fine · 144 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
We're Talkin' Serious Money poster

We're Talkin' Serious Money

Movie · as Valerie

1991
Princesses poster

Princesses

TV · as Melissa Kirshner · 8 eps

1991
Civil Wars poster

Civil Wars

TV · as Norma Baker · 1 ep

1990
Cadillac Man poster

Cadillac Man

Movie · as Joy Munchack

1990
Wedding Band poster

Wedding Band

Movie · as Veronica

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Kathleen · 1 ep

1990
WIOU poster

WIOU

TV · 1 ep

1989
UHF poster

UHF

Movie · as Pamela Finklestein

1989
Love and Betrayal poster

Love and Betrayal

Movie · as Germaine

1989
The Big Picture poster

The Big Picture

Movie · as Polo Habel

1989
It Had to Be You

It Had to Be You

Movie

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Female Golem (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Rock 'N Roll Mom poster

Rock 'N Roll Mom

Movie · as Jody Levin

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 9 eps

1986
ALF poster

ALF

TV · as Roxanne · 1 ep

1985
227 poster

227

TV · 1 ep

1984
The Rosebud Beach Hotel poster

The Rosebud Beach Hotel

Movie · as Linda

1984
This Is Spinal Tap poster

This Is Spinal Tap

Movie · as Bobbi Flekman

1984
Young Lust: A Soap Opera poster

Young Lust: A Soap Opera

Movie · as Sondra Banning

1984
P.O.P.

P.O.P.

Movie · as Maggie Newton

1984
Night Court poster

Night Court

TV · as Miriam Brody · 1 ep

1984
Who's the Boss? poster

Who's the Boss?

TV · 2 eps

1983
Doctor Detroit poster

Doctor Detroit

Movie · as Karen Blittstein

1981
Ragtime poster

Ragtime

Movie · as Mameh

1980
The Hollywood Knights poster

The Hollywood Knights

Movie · as Sally

1980
Gorp poster

Gorp

Movie · as Evie

1979
Stranger in Our House poster

Stranger in Our House

Movie · as Carolyn Baker

1978
American Hot Wax poster

American Hot Wax

Movie · as Sheryl

1977
Saturday Night Fever poster

Saturday Night Fever

Movie · as Connie

1976
Live from Lincoln Center poster

Live from Lincoln Center

TV · 31 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Concert Goer (uncredited) · 1 ep