Fran Drescher
Biography
Fran Drescher is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer from Queens, New York, who began in film with a small part as a dancer in Saturday Night Fever (1977). She went on to appear in comedies of the 1980s such as Gorp (1980), The Hollywood Knights (1980), Doctor Detroit (1983), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), UHF (1989), and Cadillac Man (1990). In 1993 she co-created the sitcom The Nanny with Peter Marc Jacobson and played Fran Fine through 1999, earning two Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. She later returned to television in Living with Fran and Happily Divorced, and voiced characters in the Hotel Transylvania animated films from 2012 to 2022. Her film credits also include Jack (1996), The Beautician and the Beast (1997), and Shark Bait (2006), and in 2014 she made her Broadway debut as Madame in Cinderella.
69years old
Turns 70 on September 30in 353 days
- Born Queens
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Francine Joy Drescher (birth name)Also credited as Francine Drescher
Movie Career
- Films
- 26
- Career span
- 48 years1977 to 2025
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First role
In Saturday Night Fever (1977), Drescher played Connie, a dancer, in what was her first break. She spoke the line "Hey, are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?" to John Travolta's character.
Early training
Drescher and Jacobson went to Queens College, City University of New York, but left after their first year since the acting classes were full. They then signed up at cosmetology school.
Fran Drescher movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Genndy Tartakovsky directed three of these films. Six actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Steve Buscemi's page
Michael McKean's page
Molly Shannon's page
Andy Samberg's page
David Spade's page
Selena Gomez's page
All films by Genndy Tartakovsky
Box office
What Fran Drescher's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.9 billion
15 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 26 films: 15 worldwide figure; 4 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 4Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$529M27.3% of the total
- 2$473M24.4% of the total
- 3$358M18.5% of the total
- 4$237M12.2% of the total
- 5$192M9.9% of the total
- 6$59M3.0% of the total
- 7$28M1.4% of the total
- 8$19M1.0% of the total
$42.7 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total