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Fran Drescher
Known for: ActingFrancine 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.
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The Nanny
Marty Supreme
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Hotel Transylvania 2
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Saturday Night Fever
Happily Divorced
Shark Bait
The Nanny
This Is Spinal Tap
Indebted
as Debbie
A Tooth Fairy Tale
The Beautician and the Beast
Jack
The Big Picture
UHF
Cadillac Man
V.C. Andrews' Dawn
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Stranger in Our House
Santa's Slay
Picking Up the Pieces
The Hollywood Knights
After Class
Doctor Detroit
Car 54, Where Are You?
The Christmas Setup
Gorp
Love and Betrayal
The Creatress
Funny Women of a Certain Age
Brave Miss World