Fran Drescher
Acting • Born 1957-09-30
Biography
Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, writer, activist, and trade union leader. Drescher is known for her role as Fran Fine in the television sitcom The Nanny (1993–1999). 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 own 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 film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Drescher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
108 credits
Cadillac Man
Movie • 1990
Joy Munchack
Saturday Night Fever
Movie • 1977
Connie
The Hollywood Knights
Movie • 1980
Sally
Gorp
Movie • 1980
Evie
Doctor Detroit
Movie • 1983
Karen Blittstein
Car 54, Where Are You?
Movie • 1994
Velma Velour
Jack
Movie • 1996
Dolores Durante
UHF
Movie • 1989
Pamela Finklestein
Brave Miss World
Movie • 2013
Self
Santa's Slay
Movie • 2005
Virginia Mason
American Hot Wax
Movie • 1978
Sheryl
Beautiful Girl
Movie • 2003
Amanda
Stranger in Our House
Movie • 1979
Carolyn Baker
The Beautician and the Beast
Movie • 1997
Joy Miller
Shark Bait
Movie • 2006
Pearl (voice)
Hotel Transylvania
Movie • 2012
Eunice (voice)
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
Movie • 1984
Linda
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie • 2000
Sister Frida
We're Talkin' Serious Money
Movie • 1992
Valerie
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
Movie • 2004
Self
Love and Betrayal
Movie • 1989
Germaine
Hotel Transylvania 2
Movie • 2015
Eunice (voice)
The Big Picture
Movie • 1989
Polo Habel
Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Mameh
Treyf
Movie • 1998
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Movie • 2025
Bobbi Flekman
This Is Spinal Tap
Movie • 1984
Bobbi Flekman
Skum Rocks!
Movie • 2013
Self
Rock 'N Roll Mom
Movie • 1988
Jody Levin
It Had to Be You
Movie • 1989
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Movie • 2018
Eunice (voice)
After Class
Movie • 2019
Diane
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
Movie • 1984
Sondra Banning
Funny Women of a Certain Age
Movie • 2019
Herself
The Creatress
Movie • 2019
Carrie Robards
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Movie • 1993
Rosemarie Russo
Wedding Band
Movie • 1990
Veronica
Seven Women
Movie • 2018
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Movie • 2020
Self
The Christmas Setup
Movie • 2020
Kate Spencer
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Movie • 2020
Joanne
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Movie • 2022
Eunice (voice)
A Tooth Fairy Tale
Movie • 2025
Queen Mortina (voice)
Twiggy
Movie • 2025
Self
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Movie
Self
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Movie • 2008
Morgan Le Fay
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie • 2000
Self
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
P.O.P.
Movie • 1984
Maggie Newton
The Nanny: Oy to the World
Movie • 1995
Fran Fine (voice)
Marty Supreme
Movie • 2025
Rebecca Mauser
What I Like About You
TV • 2002
Fran Reeves
Night Court
TV • 1984
Miriam Brody
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Female Golem (voice)
Living with Fran
TV • 2005
Fran Reeves
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Dream On
TV • 1990
Kathleen
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Fran Fine
227
TV • 1985
Entourage
TV • 2004
Mrs. Levine
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
TV • 2005
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Elaine Dockerty
ALF
TV • 1986
Roxanne
The Simple Life
TV • 2003
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
WIOU
TV • 1990
Princesses
TV • 1991
Melissa Kirshner
Live from Lincoln Center
TV • 1976
Where Are They Now?
TV • 1999
Self
Charmed Lives
TV
Happily Divorced
TV • 2011
Fran Lovett
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
TV • 1994
Self
Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self - Restaurant Patron
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
V.C. Andrews' Dawn
TV • 2023
Agnes Morris
Gotham Comedy Live
TV • 2012
Self - Host
The 7D
TV • 2014
Encyclopedia (voice)
Mr. Mayor
TV • 2021
Angelica Masters
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV • 2020
Self
Beverly Hills Pawn
TV • 2013
Self
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Irene Slater
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
Shatner's Raw Nerve
TV • 2008
Self
Broad City
TV • 2014
Beverly Baumgarten
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
The Fran Drescher Show
TV • 2010
Self - Host
Alone Together
TV • 2018
Home & Family
TV • 2012
Celebrity Family Feud
TV • 2015
Self
I'd Rather Be Calm
TV
Leslie Harper Weinstein
Beat Bobby Flay
TV • 2013
Herself
Indebted
TV • 2020
Debbie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Good Morning, Miami
TV • 2002
Roberta Diaz
Thank God You're Here
TV • 2007
Self
Welcome to the Wayne
TV • 2018
Barbara Wasserman
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Lubach
TV • 2025