Drescher picked the name "Fran" as a stage name but, actually, her birthname is "Francine Joy Drescher" so Fran is just a shortened form for her real name. If you thought that the interior scenes of the Sheffield's home looked familiar, maybe it's because the sets were the same ones used on the TV series, " Sister, Sister"! That was baffling to the pair because Shaughnessy was a native born Londoner and Davis was a native born American from Arkansas! Many suggested that he get lessons from his co-star Daniel Davis. When the Nanny was broadcast in the United Kingdom, it received numerous letters from viewers saying that Charles Shaughnessy's British accent was terrible.
The producers actually planned for Fran to be simply a woman from Italy but Drescher insisted that her role be that of a Jewish woman. Fran's name was changed to Francesca and she was no longer Jewish, simply a woman from Italy. There were a few changes made to The Nanny episodes for broadcast in Italy. Babcock" also interested in him and more than a bit jealous of his attentions to Fran Fine! On The Nanny, another not so common aspect was added by having Mr. Many other TV shows have used that situation as a "teaser" for audiences including, " Moonlighting", " Nothern Exposure", " Remington Steele", and " Who's the Boss?". One of the common themes included in most episodes of The Nanny was the unspoken sexual attraction between Fran Fine and Maxwell Sheffield. His name both on and off the show was Chester. Babcock's dog on The Nanny was, in real-life, Fran Drescher's dog. The flashy girl from Flushing, the Nanny named Fran.Ĭ.C. She's the lady in red when everybody else is wearing tan. The kids are actually smiling, such joie de vivre Now, the father finds her beguiling, watch out C.C., Was just exactly what the doctor prescribed? Who would have guessed that the girl we described She had style, she had flair, she was there, She was there to sell make up but the father saw more, So over the bridge from Flushing to the Sheffield's door,
Til her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes. She was working in a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens, Fran Fine/Sheffield (The Nanny)Ĭharles Shaughnessy. She took the job and the family came to love her "no-nonsense", "tell it like it is" personality! The contrast between Nanny's personality and the family's "stiff upper lip" demeanor presented many opportunities for laughs!įran Drescher. While selling cosmetics door-to-door, she arrived at the home of a wealthy, widowed Broadway producer who mistakenly believed that she had come to apply for the job as nanny of his three children. The Nanny was a 30 minute comedy series on CBS about a Jewish woman from Queens who got fired by and simultaneously dumped by her boyfriend.
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