The “Happily Divorced” star Fran Drescher married her high school sweetheart, only to find out that he was bisexual after more than a decade of their marriage. The pair went through a tumultuous divorce but became inseparable later.
Fran Drescher remains one of the most beloved series actresses in the country after appearing in “The Nanny” and “Happily Divorced,” two of America’s most talked-about shows with high ratings.
Although she had starred in 1977’s “Saturday Night Fever” and bagged some insignificant roles in other works a few years ago, it was not until she appeared as Fran Fine in “The Nanny” that her career experienced its glory days.
Nicholle Tom (as Margaret ‘Maggie’ Sheffield), Fran Drescher (as Fran Fine), Madeline Zima (as Grace Sheffield), Charles Shaughnessy (as Maxwell Sheffield), Benjamin Salisbury (as Brighton Sheffield) from the CBS television sitcom, “The Nanny” aired on November 3, 1993. | Source: Getty Images
Drescher, a woman with excellent acting, writing, and activism skills, is still making an impact. The multifaceted celebrity spent her childhood in New York, her birthplace.
She was born to a bridal consultant mother and a father who worked in the navy. Drescher possessed a keen sense of belonging from a young age.