Francine Drescher is an American actress, comedian, writer, and activist. She is best known for her role as Fran Fine in the hit TV series The Nanny (1993–99), and her nasal voice and thick New York accent. 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). 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.
Fran Drescher is most famous for being the co-creator and star in her sitcom, The Nanny (1993–99).
Drescher nationality is American and she belongs to White ethnicity. Her zodiac is Libra and her religion is Judaism. Drescher was born as Francine Joy Drescher on September 30, 1957, in Flushing, Queens, New York and raised in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. She is the younger daughter of Sylvia(mother), a bridal consultant, and Morty Drescher, a naval systems analyst. Her family is from Southeast and Central Europe. She has an older sister, Nadine. She develope kin interest in modeling, fashion, and acting from her childhood. Drescher was a first runner-up for "Miss New York Teenager" in 1973. She attended Flushing's Parsons Junior High School which after dissolving enrolled at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens where she graduated in 1975. She then attended Queens College, City University of New York, but dropped out in her first year because all the acting classes were filled. So she then enrolled in cosmetology school.
Drescher is currently single but was married twice before. There she met her first husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, a writer and director while attending Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens whom she married in 1978, at age 21. They divorced in 1999. She then got married to controversial scientist/politician Shiva Ayyadurai in 2014. They divorced in 2016. He doesn't have any children from any of the relationships yet.
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 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 trilogy.
On February 4, 2014, Drescher made her Broadway debut in Cinderella as stepmother Madame and is set to star in the new 2020 NBC comedy Indebted. 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.
healthcare advocate and LGBT rights activist, Drescher has an estimated net worth of $25 million as of 2020. Her average salary is currently not determined. Her major source of income is her acting career. She has been in entertainment for over 4 decades now so she must have amassed a huge sum by now. Additionally, she earns as a comedian and writer. She currently resides in Malibu, California. Further information on her house and other business are currently under review.
The Nanny star, Drescher stands a tall height of 5 Feet 7 Inches (1.70 m). She has a good body build fit for modeling. She has maintained her body weight at 69 kg (152 lbs). Similarly, the 62 years old actress has Brown hair color and Brown eye color. Moving on, Her body measurements are 37-26-35 Inches. She wears a bra size of 34B, dresses size of 4 US and shoe size of 8.5(US). She has a straight sexual orientation.