The Unoffical Fran Drescher Homppage
Biography
Francine Drescher was born on September 30th in Flushing Queens, NY. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband Peter Marc Jacobson(married to him since 1978)and her pomeranian Chester.
Fran has always wanted to be a actress since she was a child. She attended Hillcrest High School a career oriented school and there she studied drama. After a year at Queen's College she entered Cosmetology school as a trade to fall back on.
She recieved her license and opened a mini-salon where she gave haircuts for $5.00. Fran serves as the co-creater,writer, and producer of her show The Nanny. She is also a partner in a gorumet food line that produces Loaf n' Kisses Gorumet Croutons.
Fran has benn nominated for a Golden Globe Award an American Comedy Award and a Emmy for her potrayal of Fran Fine on The Nanny. Even thought that The Nanny is off the air. Frans film career continues to grow and we can be sure to see her in something new soon!
ABOUT THE SHOW
The show the Nanny is about a street-smart girl from Flushing Queens who is the Nanny to children to a Brodway Producer.
Cast
Fran Drescher-Fran Fine
Charles Shaughnessy-Maxwell Sheffield
Daniel Davis-Niles
Lauren Lane-C.C. Babcock
Nicholle Tom-Maggie Sheffield
Benjamin Salisbury-Brighton Sheffield
Madeline Zima-Grace Scheffield
Rene'Taylor-Sylvia Fine
Rachel Chagall-Val Toriello
Ann Guilber-Yetta
The show is taped at Culver Studios in Culver City,CA
CONTACT
Here are two places where you might be able to reach Fran!
Fran Drescher
C/O The Nanny
9336 West Washington Drive
Culver City, CA 90232
or
Fran Drescher
232 N. Cannon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
THE NANNY'S GUIDE TO YIDDISH!
What is Yiddish? It evolved hundreds of years ago and was spoken by Jews wo lived in Eastern Europe.
It is a combination of German, Hebrew and other languages therw together. Here are some common terms you may hear Fran use!
bar-mitzvah: ceremony that markes a 13 year old boys pasage into manhood.
bashert: fated, predestined
Example:She never married. She was bashert to be single.
bubbie: grandmother
Example:No one makes chicken soup like my bubbie.
buskes-nothing, nada
Example: I was expecting a gift, but from him I got buskes.
farkakta: terrible
Example: That's a farkakta idea
kvetch: to complain
Example:The food is fine don't be a kvetch.
meschpuche:extended family
Example: Your invited, but leave your meschpuche at home.
mozeltov:good luck, congraulations
Example: Mozeltov on the new baby!
punim: face
Example: Oy! What a punim she has.
shelp: to pull something
Example: My arms are killing me from shelepping all this stuff.
tuchas: derriere
Example: Does this dress make my tuchas look big?
yenta: gossip
Example: She's such a yenta
I really hope you like my page. I have tones of Fran pictures and I have the theme song. IF you would like to trade somethings email me. Please tell me how you like my page. Thanks come again.
Films
- Saturday Nigh fever-Connie-1977
- Starnger in Our House-1978
- American Hot Wax-Sheryl-1978
- Hollywood Knights-Sally-1980
- Gorp-1980
- Ragtime-Mameh-1981
- I'd Rather be Calm
- Doctor Detroit-Karen-1983
- This is the Spinal Tap-Bobbi Flekman-1984
- The Rosebud Beach Hotel-1984
- Rock 'n' Roll Mom-Jodi Lomen-1988
- UHF-Pamela Finklestein-1989
- Love and Betrayal-Germanie-1989
- It had to be You-1989
- The Big Picture-Polo Habel-1989
- Hurricane Sam-1990
- Wedding Band-Veronica-1990
- Cadillac Man-Joy Munchack-1990
- Without Warning: Terror in the Towers-Rosmarie Russo-1993
- We're Talking Serious Money-Valerie-1993
- Car54,Where are You?-Velma Velour-1994
- Jack-DoloresKurante-1996
- Beautician and the Beast-Joy Miller-1997
Other Nanny Links!
Laura's THE NANNY ZONE
Another unoffical nanny website
My first try at a web page!
Yet another unoffical site
Columbia TriStars Page on The Nanny
Email: tarheels_1_99@yahoo.com