Fran Drescher Picture 2

Biography

After years of small roles in small films and TV shows, this comic actress gained fame as a Mary Poppins from Queens in the sitcom "The Nanny". A brazenly sexy, stylish comic actress with a distinctively honking 'Noo Yawk' accent, Fran Drescher is a former Miss New York Teenager who began her film career with a bit part in "Saturday Night Fever" (1977), uttering the memorable line, "Are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?" to John Travolta. Her film career took a long time to get off the ground. She attracted a little attention in one of the leading roles in "American Hot Wax" (1978), as a snappy secretary. Drescher generally appeared in supporting roles in features, including "G.O.R.P" and "The Hollywood Knights" (both 1980), "Ragtime" (1981), "Doctor Detroit" (1982), "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984, memorably as the plastic public relations director), "The Big Picture" (1989) and "Cadillac Man" (1990), opposite Robin Williams. She and Williams reteamed in Francis Ford Coppola's "Jack" (1996). But none of Drescher's films gained much notice (other titles include "We're Talkin' Serious Money," 1992, and "Car 54, Where Are You?" 1994). It wasn't until Drescher became a TV star that studios took notice, and in 1995 she inked a two-picture deal, one with Caravan and one with TriStar. "The Beautician and the Beast" (1997), executive produced by Drescher and her husband Peter Marc Jacobson, was almost a spin-off of her TV series, "The Nanny," with Drescher as a Queens girl who becomes tutor for an Eastern European dictator.

Filmography

Kid Quick (2000) .... Kerry
... aka Adventures of Kid Quick, The (2000) (USA)
Picking Up the Pieces (2000) .... Sister Frida

CBS: The First 50 Years (1998) (TV) .... Herself
Beautician and the Beast, The (1997) .... Joy Miller
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (V) .... Pamela Finklestein (UHF)
Jack (1996) .... Dolores 'D.D.' Durante
Nanny Christmas Special: Oy to the World, The (1995) (TV) (voice) .... Fran Fine
Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) .... Velma Velour
"Nanny, The" (1993) TV Series .... Fran Fine-Sheffield
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers (1993) (TV) .... Rosemarie Russo
We're Talking Serious Money (1992) .... Valerie
"Princesses" (1991) TV Series .... Melissa Kirshner
Wedding Band (1990) .... Veronica
Cadillac Man (1990) .... Joy Munchack

It Had to Be You (1989)
Big Picture, The (1989) .... Polo Habel
UHF (1989) .... Pamela Finklestein
... aka Vidiot From UHF, The (1989)
Love and Betrayal (1989) (TV) .... Germaine
... aka Throw Away Wives (1989) (TV) (USA)
What's Alan Watching? (1989) (TV) .... Gail Hoffstetter
Rock 'n' Roll Mom (1988) (TV) .... Jody Levin
"Charmed Lives" (1986) TV Series .... Joyce Columbu
Rosebud Beach Hotel, The (1984) .... Linda
... aka Big Lobby (1984)
... aka No-Tell Hotel, The (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) .... Bobbi Flekman
Doctor Detroit (1983) .... Karen Blittstein
Young Lust (1981)
Ragtime (1981) .... Mameh
Gorp (1980) .... Evie
Hollywood Knights, The (1980) .... Sally

Stranger in Our House (1978) (TV) .... Carolyn
... aka Summer of Fear (1978) (TV)
American Hot Wax (1978) .... Sheryl
Saturday Night Fever (1977) .... Connie