Fran Drescher dreamed of being a politician and actress as a child, and now stands as the president of the 160,000-person SAG-AFTRA trade union in Hollywood.
From dancing with John Travolta in her first film, to creating and starring in her own, award-winning television sitcom, and then pivoting into becoming one of the mostThe New York-native had big dreams as a kid, and wanted to be a writer, hairdresser, actor or politician. She told Vanity Fair in 2022,"I kind of ended up being them all in different ways.
Years later, Drescher ran into Travolta on the Golden Globes red carpet and interrupted one of his interviews by asking him her iconic line from"Saturday Night Fever.""I said, ‘Are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?’ Well his wife's jaw dropped because she didn't know what the hell I was saying, but he knew," she said of a hilarious encounter with John's late wifeFran Drescher created and starred in the legendary television sitcom,"The Nanny.
While on a shopping trip in London with Twiggy's daughter, Drescher was inspired to create a sitcom about the absurd reality of a woman from Queens doling out advice to high-society teenagers. Then, a chance encounter with the president of CBS while on a plane ride helped her vision come to life. The Emmy award-winning sitcom ran for six years, and became a huge success internationally, too. The show aired in 90 countries, and was the top-rated program in Australia. Daniel Davis, Charles Shaugnessy and Lauren Lane also starred on"The Nanny."
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