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Fran Drescher

Francine Joy Drescher 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.


Aliases
  • Francine Joy Drescher
English Português - Portugal Português - Brasil

The Nanny

1993
as Fran Fine

Dancing with the Stars

2005
as Fran Drescher

V. C. Andrews' Dawn

2023
as Agnes Morris

V.C. Andrews’ Dawn

2023
as Agnes Morris

Living with Fran

2005
as Fran Reeves

Indebted

2020
as Debbie

Director

Episode The Nanny
Immaculate Concepcion
1998
Episode Strong Medicine
Like Cures Like
2004
Episode The Nanny
Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny)
1993
Episode The Nanny
Chatterbox
1995
Episode The Nanny
Call Me Fran
1998
Episode The Nanny
Maggie's Wedding
1999

Writer

Episode The Nanny
The Christmas Show
1993
Episode Happily Divorced
Cesar's Wife
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Meet the Parents
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place (1)
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place (2)
2012
Episode The Nanny
The Will
1995
Episode Happily Divorced
The Back-Up Fran
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Time in a Bottle
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
A Star Is Reborn
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Pilot
2011
Episode The Nanny
Personal Business
1993
Episode Happily Divorced
Anniversary
2011
Episode Happily Divorced
A Date With Destiny
2011
Episode Happily Divorced
Spousal Support
2011
Episode Happily Divorced
I Wanna Be Alone
2011
Episode Happily Divorced
Someone Wants Me
2011
Episode Happily Divorced
A Kiss is Just a Kiss
2011
Episode The Nanny
Oy to the World
1995
Episode Happily Divorced
Torn Between Two Lovetts
2011
Episode Happily Divorced
Vegas Baby
2011
Episode The Nanny
Schlepped Away
1994
Episode The Nanny
Chatterbox
1995
Episode Happily Divorced
Daddy's Girl
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
The Burial Plotz
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Swimmers and Losers
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Newman vs. Newman
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Adventure Man
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Mother's Day
2012
Episode Happily Divorced
Fran-alyze This
2012

Guest Star

Episode Good Morning, Miami
Fear and Loathing in Miami
2003
Episode WANNA-BEn
TV Star
2010
Episode The Bonnie Hunt Show
Fran Drescher
2009
Episode Entourage
The All Out Fall Out
2008
Episode Civil Wars
A Bus Named Desire
1992
Episode The Bonnie Hunt Show
Fran Drescher; Paula Deen
2009
Episode Good Morning, Miami
About a Ploy
2003
Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
3/2/04
2004
Episode The Rosie Show
Fran Drescher & Cheryl Hines
2011
Episode Good Morning, Miami
Three Weeks Notice
2003
Episode Who's the Boss?
The Heiress
1985
Episode The Nanny
The Bobbie Fleckman Story
1997
Episode The Restaurant
Ready or Not, Here They Come
2003
Episode The Tracey Ullman Show
7W08
1989
Episode What I Like About You
Girls Gone Wild
2005
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0041
1993
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Antonio Banderas, Fran Drescher, Carroll O'Conner
1998
Episode The Wendy Williams Show
Fran Dresher
2009
Episode Mr. Mayor
Trampage
2022
Episode The Nanny
The Hanukkah Story
1998
Episode Ruby Wax meets...
Bill Cosby and Fran Drescher
1997
Episode The Nanny
The Baby Shower
1999
Episode Tamron Hall
Fran Drescher
2020
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Fran Drescher, Jimmy Workman, Bjork
1993
Episode Today
October 29, 2014
2014
Episode Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
From A to D
2005
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), George Carlin, Fran Drescher, Dominick Dunne
1990
Episode Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Girlie Show
1995
Episode W.I.O.U.
Pilot
1990
Episode ALF
Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
1990
Episode The Talk
Episode 132
2012
Episode Larry King Now
Fran Drescher
2012
Episode The Talk
Fran Drescher
2020
Episode The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror XVII
2006
Episode Night Court
Author, Author
1986
Episode The Simple Life (1998)
Pilot
1998
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Rob Lowe/Fran Drescher
2004
Episode Silver Spoons
Marry Me, Marry Me (2)
1985
Episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The War at Home
2006
Episode 227
The Refrigerator
1985
Episode Dream On
The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (1)
1991
Episode Alone Together
Mom
2018
Episode The Nanny
Fran's Roots
1997
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Scott Glenn, Fran Drescher, Surface
1991
Episode Sesame Street
Welcome Alan
1998
Episode The Dr. Oz Show
Cracked- The DNA Spit Test Reunion for the Woman Abandoned at Birth
2016
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ryan Seacrest/Fran Drescher
2005
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Fran Drescher, Kevin Anderson
1997
Episode Dream On
The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (2)
1991
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Corbin Bernsen, Fran Drescher, Branford Marsalis, Henry Alford
1991
Episode Who's the Boss?
Charmed Lives
1986
Episode The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Fran Drescher, Aidan Quinn
1998