But after six years of waiting The Nanny: The Complete Series completes Fran’s first major break through.įran Fine (Drescher) isn’t having a great life. The first three of the six seasons came out on DVD. She’d be the outsider meant to irritate a staid society in The Nanny. Instead she found a role that made her a comic star at the end of the 20th century. If Fran had been a usual sitcom character of struggling actress looking for her big break, she would have been canceled at pilot season. But she was able to parlay tones that should have kept her off television into a character could play it up to win an audience. Few people would imagine Fran would be a major star with a voice and laugh that have the ability to split a crowded room. But that doesn’t exactly make you a household name. Fran Drescher would be a star in my heart for her roles on Saturday Night Fever, This Is Spinal Tap and UHF.
