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Series Cast Summary
Fran Drescher | ... |
Fran Fine
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(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Charles Shaughnessy | ... |
Maxwell Sheffield
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(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Daniel Davis | ... |
Niles
(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Lauren Lane | ... |
C.C. Babcock
(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Nicholle Tom | ... |
Maggie Sheffield
(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Benjamin Salisbury | ... |
Brighton Sheffield
(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Madeline Zima | ... |
Grace Sheffield
(145 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Renée Taylor | ... |
Sylvia Fine
(94 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Rachel Chagall | ... |
Val Toriello
(78 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Ann Morgan Guilbert | ... |
Yetta Rosenberg
(56 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Chester Drescher | ... |
Chester Babcock
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(14 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Spalding Gray | ... |
Dr. Jack Miller
(9 episodes, 1997-1998)
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Mort Drescher | ... |
Uncle Stanley
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(9 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Nora Dunn | ... |
Dr. Reynolds
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(8 episodes, 1996-1999)
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Sue Goodman | ... |
Bernard's Mother
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(7 episodes, 1994-1999)
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James Edson | ... |
Concession Stand Clerk
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(6 episodes, 1996-1999)
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DeeDee Rescher | ... |
Dotty
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(5 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Lawrence A. Mandley | ... |
Juror #6
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(5 episodes, 1993-1997)
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Steve Posner | ... |
Car Dealer
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(5 episodes, 1994-1998)
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Roz Kern | ... |
Dancing Woman in Restaurant
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(5 episodes, 1997-1999)
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Dorothy Lyman | ... |
Director
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(5 episodes, 1993-1998)
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Lainie Kazan | ... |
Aunt Freida
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(4 episodes, 1995-1999)
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John Bishop | ... |
Husband
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(4 episodes, 1993-1996)
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Ray Charles | ... |
Sammy
(4 episodes, 1997-1998)
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Andrew Levitas | ... |
Michael
(4 episodes, 1998-1999)
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Darryl Hickman | ... |
Doctor
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(4 episodes, 1997-1999)
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Fred Stoller | ... |
Fred, the pharmacist
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(4 episodes, 1997-1999)
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Casey Williams | ... |
Nurse
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(4 episodes, 1996-1999)
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Jean Ford | ... |
Maid #2
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(4 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Sylvia Drescher | ... |
Aunt Rose
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(5 episodes, 1993-1999)
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Allan Rich | ... |
Pauly the Pawnbroker
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(3 episodes, 1993-1997)
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Roger Clinton | ... |
Roger Clinton
(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
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Kane Picoy | ... |
Jeff
(3 episodes, 1995-1997)
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Harry Van Gorkum | ... |
Nigel Sheffield
(3 episodes, 1996-1998)
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Zack Norman | ... |
Uncle Jack
(3 episodes, 1993-1995)
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Steve Lawrence | ... |
Morty Fine
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(3 episodes, 1995-1999)
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Sophie Ward | ... |
Jocelyn Sheffield
(3 episodes, 1998-1999)
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Magda Harout | ... |
Sarah
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(3 episodes, 1993-1997)
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Adeline Drescher | ... |
Addie
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(3 episodes, 1995-1999)
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Jamie Renée Smith | ... |
Young Fran Fine
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(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
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Peter Marc Jacobson | ... |
Man Exiting Restroom with Fly Open
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(3 episodes, 1994-1999)
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Jackie Tohn | ... |
Francine
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(2 episodes, 1994-1996)
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Jonathan Penner | ... |
Danny Imperiali
(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
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Nancy Frangione | ... |
Cousin Marsha
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(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
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James Marsden | ... |
Eddie
(2 episodes, 1993)
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Irene Olga López | ... |
Lupe
(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
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Gregg Rogell | ... |
Kenny Keroucan
(2 episodes, 1994)
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Marilyn Cooper | ... |
Grandma Nettie
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(2 episodes, 1996)
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Joseph Bologna | ... |
Alan Beck
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(2 episodes, 1994-1999)
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J.D. Daniels | ... |
Jack Walker
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(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
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Production Companies
- CBS
- Echelon Productions, Inc. (Production Services)
- Highschool Sweethearts
- Sternin & Fraser Ink
- TriStar Television (in association with)
Distributors
- TriStar Television (1997) (World-wide) (tv)
- Columbia TriStar Television (2001) (World-wide) (tv)
- Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) (United States) (tv)
- Sony Pictures Television (World-wide) (tv)
- CBS (1999) (United States) (tv)
- 6ter (2012) (France) (tv)
- Comedy Max (Turkey) (tv)
- Disney Channel (Germany) (tv)
- HBO Max (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- M6 (1995) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Mill Creek Entertainment (2014) (United States) (DVD) (seasons one & two)
- Monte Carlo Televisión - Canal 4 (2017) (Uruguay) (tv)
- Nederlandse Christelijke Radio-Vereniging (NCRV) (1994) (Netherlands) (tv) (season 1)
- RTL Entertainment (Netherlands) (tv) (RTL8) (reruns)
- RTL Entertainment (Netherlands) (tv) (RTL5)
- RTL Televizija (Croatia) (tv)
- RTL (2000) (Germany) (tv)
- Saeta TV Canal 10 (1995) (Uruguay) (tv)
- Salto (2021) (France) (video) (internet)
- Shout! Factory (2015) (United States) (DVD) (complete series)
- Sony Entertainment Television (1999) (Argentina) (tv)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD) (season 1)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Germany) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 2)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (United States) (DVD) (season 2)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD) (season 3)
- Série Club (2007) (France) (tv)
- TF1 Séries Films (2018) (France) (tv)
- TFX (2020) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Televisión Federal (Telefe) (1994) (Argentina) (tv)
- Télé Monté Carlo (TMC) (2018) (France) (tv)
- Téva (2010) (France) (tv)
- Viasat3 (2011) (Hungary) (tv) (re-release)
- W9 (2015) (France) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Audiomaster 3000 (casting) (latin american spanish dub)
- Canadian Cystic Forosis Foundation (Céline Dion is a spokesperson for the Canadia Cystic Forosis Foundation, to which CBS and TriStar have made a charitable contribution) (episode 4.26)
- Celebrity Cruises (production assistance provided by) (episode "Ship of Fran's (1996)")
- Elton John Aids Foundation (CBS and Tristar have made a charitable contribution to th Elton John Aids Foundation) (episode 5.2)
- Hacienda Post (post-production sound services: absorbed rights) (season 1)
- Horta Editorial & Sound (post-production sound services) (season 1)
- Liberman/Hirschfeld Casting (original casting)
- Movie Movers (cast trailers)
- Movie Movers (star trailers)
- New York Restoration Project (Bette Midler is chairwoman of the New York Restoration Project, to which CBS and Tristar have made a charitable contribution) (episode "You Bette Your Life (1997)")
- Paramount Domestic Television (episode "Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary (1998)")
- Sony Pictures Studios (taped at)
- The Culver Studios (taped at)
- The Diamond Information Center (Ms. Drescher's diamond and promotional consideration on behalf of DeBeers) (episode "Dinner Party, The (1998)")
- Warner Bros. (Bo Derek photograph courtesy of) (episode "Homie-Work (1998)")
- William A. Bong Limited (scene from "Tantrums & Tiaras" courtesy of) (episode 5.2)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
After a Jewish, high-voiced, woman from Flushing, New York gets fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, Fran Fine (Fran Drescher) is mistaken as applying for a nanny for widowed Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy), who has three children, Maggie (Nicholle Tom), Brighton (Benjamin Salisbury), and Grace (Madeline Zima), when she is stuck selling cosmetics in Manhattan. As she spends years there, she becomes great friends with the butler, Niles (Daniel Davis), and the three kids. She is good friends with the widowed man, and some romance sparks through the years. |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | When the show was broadcast in the U.K., many viewers wrote in to chide Charles Shaughnessy over his "imitation" English accent, and suggested he practice with co-star Daniel Davis on how to do a proper English accent. The cast found this quite amusing, as Shaughnessy is a native Englishman, born in London while Davis is an American, born in Arkansas. In a nod to this funny situation, an episode in the final season, has Niles appearing in Grace's (Madeline Zima's) school play of Cleopatra, where he receives bad reviews, one of which, is how his English accent sounds fake. See more » |
Goofs | Maxwell's age is inconsistent - for several years it remains at 42 yet in the 3rd season goes to 41. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Heroes of Jewish Comedy (2003). See more » |
Soundtracks | The Nanny Named Fran See more » |
Quotes |
C.C.:
Seriously, Niles, where do you keep all that cash? Niles: Someplace you'll never get near. C.C.: Oh, your mattress. Niles: No. [pointing at Mr. Sheffield] Niles: His. See more » |