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 (1993–99), and for her nasal voice and thick New York accent.
Early Life (Childhood)Drescher was born in Kew Gardens Hills to a Jewish family from Southeast and Central Europe.. She was a first runner-up for "Miss New York Teenager" in 1973.
Interesting FactsDrescher made her screen debut with a small role in the 1977 blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever, and later appeared in American Hot Wax (1978) and Wes Craven's horror tale Stranger in Our House (1978).
Personal LifeShe married Peter March Jacobson in 1978, and the couple divorced in 1999. She then married Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai in September 2014. She has an older sister named Nadine.
NETWORTH And ACHIEVEMENTDrescher has been the recipient of the John Wayne Institute's Woman of Achievement Award, the Gilda Award, the City of Hope Woman of the Year Award, the Hebrew University Humanitarian Award, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Spirit of Achievement Award.
RumorShe had uterine cancer. She had to undergo an immediate radical hysterectomy to treat the disease. Drescher was given a clean bill of health and no post-operative treatment was ordered.
