Fran Drescher Through the Years: From ‘The Nanny’ to SAG-AFTRA President
usmagazine.comFran Drescher has come a long way since playing the “flashy girl from Flushing” on The Nanny.Drescher scored her breakout role in 1977’s Saturday Night Fever as supporting character Connie, who had a brief interaction with leading man John Travolta.
While her performance was brief, Drescher soon landed starring roles in the likes of American Hot Wax, The Hollywood Knights, Ragtime and This Is Spinal Tap.After conquering the big screen, Drescher and then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson co-created CBS’ The Nanny.
The six-season sitcom followed Drescher as the titular nanny, named Fran Fine, after she started a new career in childcare following a bad breakup.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“It doesn’t matter what you look like or what you speak like, it’s what’s in your heart that counts.
And I think that that message is probably more important today than ever,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in April 2022 of The Nanny’s core messages and continued fan following. “And to treat kids respectfully and honor them as human beings and not talk down to them is important.
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