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Fran Drescher: Biography

Fran Drescher

Birth Name: Francine Joy Drescher
Birth Place: Queens, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/30/1957, Libra
Profession: Actor

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Fran Drescher Fast Facts:

Was a runner-up in the Miss New York Teenager pageant.
Made her feature-film debut in 1977's Saturday Night Fever, asking John Travolta's character, "Are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?"
Pitched her idea for The Nanny to CBS entertainment president Jeff Sagansky while sitting next to him on a flight to Paris.
Wrote about being sexually assaulted in her 1996 book Enter Whining; and about her battle with uterine cancer in the 2002 memoir Cancer Schmancer.
In 2007 founded the Cancer Schmancer Movement, a nonprofit dedicated to cancer prevention and early detection; cancer survivor Drescher's own cancer was initially misdiagnosed.
Appeared on Oprah Winfrey in 2011 to discuss her relationship with ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson, who came out as gay following the dissolution of their 21-year marriage.

Fran Drescher Relationships:
Morton Drescher - Father
Peter Marc Jacobson - Ex-husband
Sylvia Drescher - Mother
Fran Drescher Awards:
1996 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1997 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1996 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress for a Comedy Series - Nominee
1997 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee

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Fran Drescher Jamie McCarthy/WireImage.com

Fran Drescher, Rosie O Donnell Jemal Countess/WireImage.com

Fran Drescher Jemal Countess/WireImage.com

Entourage, Fran Drescher, Kevin Pollak Doug Hyun/HBO

Law and Order Criminal Intent, Fran Drescher, Eric Bogosian Eric Liebowitz/NBC Photo

Law and Order Criminal Intent, Fran Drescher, Eric Bogosian, Michael Biehn, Eric Bogosian Eric Liebowitz/NBC Photo

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