What ethnicity is Fran Drescher?
What ethnicity is Fran Drescher?
Her family is Jewish, from Southeast and Central Europe. Her maternal great-grandmother Yetta was born in Focșani, Romania, and immigrated to the United States, while her father’s family came from Poland. She has an older sister, Nadine. Drescher was a first runner-up for “Miss New York Teenager” in 1973.
Did Fran Drescher have children?
Despite playing one of the most beloved caregivers on television during her stint as the character Fran Fine in The Nanny, Fran has never had children. “I think I would have been a good mom,” Fran told The Cut in 2020. “And sometimes I think I kind of missed out on that.”
Is Fran Drescher still married to Shiva Ayyadurai?
She also has her ex-husband, who came out as gay but is still her best friend. “He fulfills a lot of needs,” she said of Peter Marc Jacobson, whom she divorced in 1999. She was also previously married to Shiva Ayyadurai but they split in 2016.
Why was The Nanny Cancelled?
According to the actress, the network gave Drescher and Marc Jacobson an ultimatum: Give us a wedding or we’ll cancel the show. So they married, and the series ended the next season due to low ratings.
