Fran Drescher

Fran Drescher has a…unique voice in the industry. I used to watch The Nanny sometimes and laugh at the antics of that bizarre household. When my friend loaned me this book, I was all on it.

It’s immediately clear the book holds a conversational tone and writing style that displays Fran’s humor. She comes across as a down to earth girl who made it big but struggled to get there. She wasn't gifted with the rare insta-success but had to work for years to grow. Her husband, Peter, is also show more in the same business and they had been together the entire book from high school on. The book opens with their childhood in a small town with her parents and how close they all were. I was surprised to learn how the parents from ‘The Nanny’ were copies of her actual parents, even down to the names.

Sometimes some of the stories would lose me, like a vacation or so, but she did have the worst luck and funny stuff about her party with the big producers. I was surprised to learn of her rape, which her husband was forced to watch, which was touched upon very briefly because of talking about Howard Stern and all her appearances on his radio show. She told an awkward but enlightening backstory about a threesome that was proposed but she didn’t go through with, and also about her awkward kiss scenes with Robin Williams. She was apparently great friends with Dan Akroyd and his wife, which came across as sweet.

I think the part most people were surprised about was her saying Princess Diana was a bitch and prima donna, but she told it like it was with her experiences.

Overall it’s a fun book. I was put off sometimes with the conversational tone that could seem cloying if it went on too long, but there were good one liners and some truly amusing stuff. The beauty tricks and her struggle and goal to lose and maintain weight was also interesting. The Nanny is of course the huge focus of the end of the book, and it was around season three when the stories stopped and the book was finished.

If you’re a big fan of Fran and the Nanny, it’s a good read that deserves your attention. show less

Fran Drescher is best known as "The Nanny", but previous to that role she was in several not-so-popular movies such as: "Cadillac Man", "Spinal Tap", & "Car 54 Where Are You".

Her writing style is true to her nature and one can actually hear her voice speaking her written words. She is intelligent, funny, refreshingly honest, and unpretentious.

Fran writes about her: life up until & including her work as "Fran Fine"; her marriage to her High school sweetheart Peter Jacobson; the "burglary"; show more her interactions with Princess Diana, Barbra Streisand, Robin Williams, & Francis Ford Coppola; her parents Morty & Sylvia; the cast of "The Nanny", and her dog Chester.

I don't watch t.v....I don't own one, but I do make it a point to go visit my neighbor at least 2-3 times a month and together we sit watch The Nanny and laugh the night away. show less

This is a book that has not aged well. Wendy lives in Boxville and everybody must wear their labeled box every day. Wendy’s issue is that she can’t pick a box. She doesn’t want to be just one thing she wants to be different things at different times. One day she decides just not to wear her box. It does get her in trouble in town, but eventually, her family is like hey maybe that’s an OK idea. I think what makes this weird is the end when the family pack up and move to Freedom land. show more Instead of the idea that you can be more than one thing spreading across their community. I guess what happens in real life, but it seems weird the way it’s written in a children’s spot. I do like the illustrations. They feel right out of the 70s but go well with the idea of Fran Dresser, and who you know her to be in her acting and public life. While this book was an interesting read. It is not one that I would share with others as it feels the 15 years old that it is. show less

Heart warming, Heart Wrenching, Funny, Honest & unflinching look at her fight with cancer.

Fran talks about her life w/ her high-school sweetheart husband, their break-up, her new sixteen-year younger companion, her freinds, family, Chester & her new life with Esther.

Fran talks about how she went undiagonsed for two years and her encounters with Eleven different doctors. She talks about; testes, treatment, recovery... Do you know that many women who have hysterctomies also have their appendix show more removed at the same time without prior knowledge? She sheds light on the need for us to listen to our bodies & question our Doctors when things don't feel right.

I Love this woman as the Nanny, her humor, her courage. show less