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

• 2026Stable Ronaldo & Jynxzi's Minecraft Marathon
• 2025A Tooth Fairy Tale — Queen Mortina (voice)
• 2025Marty Supreme — Rebecca Mauser
• Nanny Oksana — Characters, Original Series Creator
• 2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues — Bobbi Flekman
• V.C. Andrews' Dawn — Agnes Morris
• 2022Hotel Transylvania: Transformania — Eunice (voice)
• Mr. Mayor — Angelica Masters
• 2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens — Joanne
• Indebted — Debbie
• 2020The Christmas Setup — Kate Spencer
• 2019After Class — Diane
• 2019The Creatress — Carrie Robards
• Alone Together
• 2018Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation — Eunice (voice)
• 2018Seven Women
• Welcome to the Wayne — Barbara Wasserman
• 2015Hotel Transylvania 2 — Eunice (voice)
• Broad City — Beverly Baumgarten
• The 7D — Encyclopedia (voice)
• Home & Family
• 2012Hotel Transylvania — Eunice (voice)
• Happily Divorced — Fran Lovett, Story, Creator
• The Fran Drescher Show — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2008Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center — Morgan Le Fay
• La Niñera — Creator
• 2006Shark Bait — Pearl (voice)
• La Nany — Creator
• Living with Fran — Fran Reeves, Producer, Writer
• 2005Santa's Slay — Virginia Mason
• The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
• Entourage — Mrs. Levine
• My Fair Nanny — Writer, Creator
• The Nanny — Story, Creator
• 2003Beautiful Girl — Amanda
• The Simple Life
• Good Morning, Miami — Roberta Diaz
• What I Like About You — Fran Reeves
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Elaine Dockerty
• 2000Picking Up the Pieces — Sister Frida
• Strong Medicine — Irene Slater, Director
• 1998Treyf
• 1997The Beautician and the Beast — Joy Miller, Executive Producer
• 1996Jack — Dolores Durante
• 1995The Nanny: Oy to the World — Fran Fine (voice), Writer, Executive Producer
• 1994Car 54, Where Are You? — Velma Velour
• The Nanny — Fran Fine, Producer, Director, Writer, Story, Creator
• 1993Without Warning: Terror in the Towers — Rosemarie Russo
• 1992We're Talkin' Serious Money — Valerie
• Civil Wars — Norma Baker
• Princesses — Melissa Kirshner
• 1990Cadillac Man — Joy Munchack
• Dream On — Kathleen
• WIOU
• 1990Wedding Band — Veronica
• 1989It Had to Be You
• 1989Love and Betrayal — Germaine
• 1989The Big Picture — Polo Habel
• The Simpsons — Female Golem (voice)
• 1989UHF — Pamela Finklestein
• 1988Rock 'N Roll Mom — Jody Levin
• ALF — Roxanne
• 227
• Night Court — Miriam Brody
• 1984P.O.P. — Maggie Newton
• 1984The Rosebud Beach Hotel — Linda
• 1984This Is Spinal Tap — Bobbi Flekman
• Who's the Boss?
• 1984Young Lust: A Soap Opera — Sondra Banning
• 1983Doctor Detroit — Karen Blittstein
• 1981Ragtime — Mameh
• 1980Gorp — Evie
• 1980The Hollywood Knights — Sally
• 1979Stranger in Our House — Carolyn Baker
• 1978American Hot Wax — Sheryl
• 1977Saturday Night Fever — Connie
• Live from Lincoln Center
• Saturday Night Live — Concert Goer (uncredited)
• Charmed Lives
• I'd Rather Be Calm — Leslie Harper Weinstein

Appearances as themselves (36)

• Lubach — Self
• 2025Twiggy — Self
• The Drew Barrymore Show — Self
• 2020Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness — Self
• Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time — Self
• 2019Funny Women of a Certain Age — Herself
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Beat Bobby Flay — Self
• Beverly Hills Pawn — Self
• 2013Brave Miss World — Self
• 2013Skum Rocks! — Self
• Gotham Comedy Live — Self - Host
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Shatner's Raw Nerve — Self
• Thank God You're Here — Self
• Hell's Kitchen — Self - Restaurant Patron
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? — Self (archive footage)
• 2004The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2000Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy — Self
• Where Are They Now? — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• The View — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• MADtv — Self
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary — Self