Cast & creator
Fran Drescher
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Simpsons, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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.
Also known as: Francine Joy Drescher, Francine Drescher
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film credits
80
television credits
112
1975–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (135)
Showing 135 of 135 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Simpsons
Female Golem (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Saturday Night Live
Concert Goer (uncredited)
1975
The View
Self
1997
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Elaine Dockerty
2001
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Nanny
Fran Fine
1993The Nanny
Writer
1993The Nanny
Producer
1993The Nanny
Director
1993The Nanny
Story
1993The Nanny
Creator
1993
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Entourage
Mrs. Levine
2004
Strong Medicine
Irene Slater
2000Strong Medicine
Director
2000
Night Court
Miriam Brody
1984
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
2020
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Who's the Boss?
1984The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004The Tony Danza Show
2004
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2015
Beat Bobby Flay
Self
2013The Reichen Show
Self
2005
ALF
Roxanne
1986
Broad City
Beverly Baumgarten
2014
The 7D
Encyclopedia (voice)
2014
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Self
1994
What I Like About You
Fran Reeves
2002
Marty Supreme
Rebecca Mauser
2025
Hotel Transylvania
Eunice (voice)
2012
Dream On
Kathleen
1990
Gotham Comedy Live
Self - Host
2012
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Eunice (voice)
2018
227
1985
Hotel Transylvania 2
Eunice (voice)
2015Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
Lubach
Self
2025
Good Morning, Miami
Roberta Diaz
2002
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Eunice (voice)
2022
Mr. Mayor
Angelica Masters
2021
Civil Wars
Norma Baker
1991
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
Home & Family
2012
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Alone Together
2018
My Fair Nanny
Writer
2004My Fair Nanny
Creator
2004
The Simple Life
2003
Happily Divorced
Fran Lovett
2011Happily Divorced
Story
2011Happily Divorced
Creator
2011
Living with Fran
Fran Reeves
2005Living with Fran
Writer
2005Living with Fran
Producer
2005
Saturday Night Fever
Connie
1977
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self
2008
Shark Bait
Pearl (voice)
2006
This Is Spinal Tap
Bobbi Flekman
1984
Welcome to the Wayne
Barbara Wasserman
2018
Indebted
Debbie
2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self
2020
The Fran Drescher Show
Self - Host
2010The Fran Drescher Show
Executive Producer
2010The Fran Drescher Show
Creator
2010
Jack
Dolores Durante
1996
WIOU
1990
The Beautician and the Beast
Joy Miller
1997The Beautician and the Beast
Executive Producer
1997
The Nanny
Story
2004The Nanny
Creator
2004
Thank God You're Here
Self
2007The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
La Nany
Creator
2005
MADtv
Self
1995
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Bobbi Flekman
2025
V.C. Andrews' Dawn
Agnes Morris
2023
Beverly Hills Pawn
Self
2013
Cadillac Man
Joy Munchack
1990
A Tooth Fairy Tale
Queen Mortina (voice)
2025
Nanny Oksana
Characters
2025Nanny Oksana
Original Series Creator
2025
The Big Picture
Polo Habel
1989
Ragtime
Mameh
1981
UHF
Pamela Finklestein
1989
Santa's Slay
Virginia Mason
2005
Doctor Detroit
Karen Blittstein
1983
Car 54, Where Are You?
Velma Velour
1994
Picking Up the Pieces
Sister Frida
2000
Stranger in Our House
Carolyn Baker
1979
La Niñera
Creator
2007
Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center
Morgan Le Fay
2008
The Hollywood Knights
Sally
1980
The Nanny: Oy to the World
Fran Fine (voice)
1995The Nanny: Oy to the World
Writer
1995The Nanny: Oy to the World
Executive Producer
1995Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self
2000
Young Lust: A Soap Opera
Sondra Banning
1984
Princesses
Melissa Kirshner
1991
We're Talkin' Serious Money
Valerie
1992
The Christmas Setup
Kate Spencer
2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Joanne
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self
2020
Rock 'N Roll Mom
Jody Levin
1988
Twiggy
Self
2025
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
Linda
1984
American Hot Wax
Sheryl
1978
The Creatress
Carrie Robards
2019
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
Self
2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Self (archive footage)
2004Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Self
Love and Betrayal
Germaine
1989It Had to Be You
1989
Wedding Band
Veronica
1990Charmed Lives
I'd Rather Be Calm
Leslie Harper Weinstein
Skum Rocks!
Self
2013
Funny Women of a Certain Age
Herself
2019
After Class
Diane
2019
Brave Miss World
Self
2013
Treyf
1998
Beautiful Girl
Amanda
2003
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Rosemarie Russo
1993P.O.P.
Maggie Newton
1984
Gorp
Evie
1980