Fran Drescher
Fran Drescher
Francine Joy "Fran" Drescheris an American film and television comedian, model, actress, producer, ordained Universalist minister, and activist. She is best known for her role as Fran Fine in the hit TV series The Nanny, and for her nasal voice and thick New York accent...
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth30 September 1957
CityNew York City, NY
queens growing-up people
It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.
definitely preserving queens
I definitely have a Queens identity, and that's what I'm preserving in this show.
funny grief lies side
And remember, it's also very funny, because side by side with grief lies joy.
deal except thinking
I have a hang-up thinking I have to be everyone?s caretaker and no-one can deal except me.
half major surgery
Surgery is half the race, but you have to go for the follow-up or do yourself a major disservice.
charities involved life maybe rich sick
I was always loving, involved with charities and family, and I had a rich life before. Now, I have a purpose. I got sick maybe for this reason.
helped internal reduce
I did do acupuncture, which helped me a lot to reduce the internal inflammation.
angeles either los television theater ultimately york
But ultimately I think that you need to go to either New York for theater or Los Angeles for television and movies.
shopping malls
I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.
school kids years
People lived in the same apartments for years. You'd meet a group of kids in kindergarten, and you'd still be with them in high school. No one ever left the neighborhood.
jobs dumb television
I did a terrible television pilot that was so badly written and dumb that it became a turning point for me and I decided that I would never accept a job just because I needed the money.
cancer female
I had uterine cancer, which is the most under-funded and under-researched of all the female cancers.
world great-things
I went into the world, threw myself into the world, and great things came out of it.
whole-life whole has-beens
My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives.