Fran Drescher

Biography

Francine Joy Drescher was born on September 30, 1957 in Flushing, Queens, New York, to Sylvia Drescher, a bridal consultant, and Mort Drescher, a naval systems analyst. Fran, as she is called, attended Hillcrest High school in New York with another now-famous name, Ray Romano. She was a studious girl and was quite popular. In fact, at age fifteen, she’d met the man she thought she’d spend the rest of her life with. That man was Peter Marc Jacobson. Her first break was in the unforgettable movie, Nur Samstag Nacht (1977) with John Travolta. She continued to play small roles in movies, until she came up with the idea for Die Nanny (1993). She was visiting a friend in England and came up with the plot line. Die Nanny (1993) became an instant success, and so did Fran. Since then, she has been in films such as Mein Liebling, der Tyrann (1997) (which she also produced) and Picking up the Pieces – Ich habe doch nur meine Frau zerlegt (2000) co-starring Woody Allen. Fran has since divorced her husband Jacobson. She is a cancer survivor and an inspiration to women everywhere.