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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2010
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2025
The Simpsons
2006
Late Show with David Letterman
1995
Saturday Night Live
1978
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2006
The View
2003
Hollywood Squares
1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2005
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1997
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2004

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
112
Directing
2
Writing
9
Producing
5
2026
Stable Ronaldo & Jynxzi's Minecraft Marathon
2026
Lubach
as Self
2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
as Bobbi Flekman
2025
A Tooth Fairy Tale
as Queen Mortina (voice)
2025
Twiggy
as Self
2025
Marty Supreme
as Rebecca Mauser
2025
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2023
V.C. Andrews' Dawn
as Agnes Morris
2022
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
as Eunice (voice)
2022
Mr. Mayor
as Angelica Masters
2021
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self
2021
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
2020
The Christmas Setup
as Kate Spencer
2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Joanne
2020
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2020
Indebted
as Debbie
2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
as Self
2019
After Class
as Diane
2019
Funny Women of a Certain Age
as Herself
2019
The Creatress
as Carrie Robards
2019
Beat Bobby Flay
as Self
2019
Welcome to the Wayne
as Barbara Wasserman
2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
as Eunice (voice)
2018
Seven Women
2018
Alone Together
2017
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Host
2017
Broad City
as Beverly Baumgarten
2017
Home & Family
2016
The 7D
as Encyclopedia (voice)
2015
Hotel Transylvania 2
as Eunice (voice)
2015
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
2013
Brave Miss World
as Self
2013
Skum Rocks!
as Self
2013
Beverly Hills Pawn
as Self
2012
Hotel Transylvania
as Eunice (voice)
2011
Happily Divorced
as Fran Lovett
2010
The Fran Drescher Show
as Self - Host
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Shatner's Raw Nerve
as Self
2008
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
as Morgan Le Fay
2008
Entourage
as Mrs. Levine
2007
Thank God You're Here
as Self
2006
Shark Bait
as Pearl (voice)
2006
The Simpsons
as Female Golem (voice)
2006
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Elaine Dockerty
2006
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2006
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
Santa's Slay
as Virginia Mason
2005
What I Like About You
as Fran Reeves
2005
Living with Fran
as Fran Reeves
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2005
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
Charmed Lives
2005
The Tony Danza Show
2004
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
as Self
2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
as Self (archive footage)
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2004
Strong Medicine
as Irene Slater
2003
Beautiful Girl
as Amanda
2003
The View
as Self
2003
The Simple Life
2003
Good Morning, Miami
as Roberta Diaz
2000
Picking Up the Pieces
as Sister Frida
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self
1999
MADtv
as Self
1999
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1999
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1998
Treyf
1998
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1997
The Beautician and the Beast
as Joy Miller
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1996
Jack
as Dolores Durante
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1995
The Nanny: Oy to the World
as Fran Fine (voice)
1995
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Self
1995
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1994
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Velma Velour
1993
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
as Rosemarie Russo
1993
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1993
The Nanny
as Fran Fine
1992
We're Talkin' Serious Money
as Valerie
1992
Civil Wars
as Norma Baker
1991
Dream On
as Kathleen
1991
Princesses
as Melissa Kirshner
1990
Cadillac Man
as Joy Munchack
1990
Wedding Band
as Veronica
1990
ALF
as Roxanne
1990
WIOU
1990
Live from Lincoln Center
1989
UHF
as Pamela Finklestein
1989
Love and Betrayal
as Germaine
1989
The Big Picture
as Polo Habel
1989
It Had to Be You
1988
Rock 'N Roll Mom
as Jody Levin
1986
Night Court
as Miriam Brody
1985
Who's the Boss?
1985
227
1984
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
as Linda
1984
This Is Spinal Tap
as Bobbi Flekman
1984
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
as Sondra Banning
1984
P.O.P.
as Maggie Newton
1983
Doctor Detroit
as Karen Blittstein
1981
Ragtime
as Mameh
1980
The Hollywood Knights
as Sally
1980
Gorp
as Evie
1979
Stranger in Our House
as Carolyn Baker
1978
American Hot Wax
as Sheryl
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Concert Goer (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Fever
as Connie
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
as Self
I'd Rather Be Calm
as Leslie Harper Weinstein