Mort drescher biography

American actress (born 1957)

Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress and trade unionist. She is currently serving as the national president of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). She played Fran Fine in the television sitcom The Nanny (1993–1999), which she created and produced with her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson.

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 film Stranger in Our House (1978). In the 1980s, she worked as a comedic actress in the films Gorp (1980), The Hollywood Knights (1980), Doctor Detroit (1983), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), and UHF (1989), and made guest appearances on several television 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 starred in the sitcoms Living with Fran and Happily Divorced. From 2012 to 2022, she starred in the animated Hotel Transylvania film series. In 2014, Drescher made her Broadway debut in Cinderella as stepmother Madame. In 2020, she starred in the NBC sitcom Indebted.

The national members of trade union SAG-AFTRA, representing actors and other media professionals, elected Drescher as president, and she took office on October 15, 2021. Drescher led the union during the five-month actors' strike that began on July 14, 2023, partially overlapping with the writers' strike that had begun in May of that year.

Early life and education

Francine Joy Drescher was born on September 30, 1957, in Queens, a borough of New York City, the younger daughter of Sylvia Drescher (born 1934), a

Fran Drescher is mourning the loss of her father.

TheNanny alum, 66, initially shared the news of her 94-year-old father’s death on Instagram Friday as she wrote, “It still feels untenable how permanent the loss of this great man is.”

Drescher said her father Morty "passed away gently in his sleep” on March 20 in the company of her and her mother, Sylvia, his wife of “71 wonderful years.” He also leaves behind Drescher’s sister, Nadine.

In a follow-up post shared Tuesday, the actress continued to reflect on the profound loss as she shared a sweet throwback photo of her parents. “My father is gone. My tears come often. My mom is so broken its heartbreaking when the love was so great to have to say goodbye at age 90 to the love of her life since age 16.”

Calling life a “series” of “moments,” Drescher said this one is “a hard one but my life has taught me we do climb out of the pit of despair and continue living, loving & laughing again but baring [sic] the new and recent scars of profound pain. 🙏💔🥲.”

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In her first post announcing her father’s death, Drescher referenced her father’s shared love of acting as she highlighted his “several appearances onThe NannyandThe Rosie O’Donnell Show.”

“His values were always in the right place. He honored and respected everyone equally,” Drescher wrote. “He understood the important things in this life, love of family, simple pleasures and living in gratitude. He passed these values onto his children and lived an exemplary life.”

Her father was “always the life of the party” and “a good friend to many people both at work and within his community," the actress said.

“He was an amazing father who taught my sister and I to