


She starts off working for her boyfriend Danny Imperialli in a bridal shop but is dumped and fired not long after by that same boyfriend. Sheffield's three children: Maggie, Brighton, and Grace. Main charactersįran Fine is the nasal voiced, outgoing protagonist of the series who stumbles upon the Sheffields' doorstep and winds up as the nanny to Mr. By the end of the series, it's also clear that Niles and C.C.'s constant sharp barbs are their bizarre form of flirtation and after a few false starts (including multiple impulsive and failed proposals from Niles) the pair marry in the series finale. Towards the later seasons, they finally marry and expand their family by having fraternal twins. The show teases the viewers with their closeness and "near misses" as well as with an engagement. Niles is often seen making witty comments directed towards C.C with C.C often replying with a comment of her own in their ongoing game of one-upmanship.Īs the series progresses, it becomes increasingly obvious that Maxwell is smitten with Fran even though he won't admit it, and Fran is smitten with him. Babcock ( Lauren Lane) who has her eyes on the very available Maxwell Sheffield. Niles, recognizing Fran's gift for bringing warmth back to the family, does his best to undermine Maxwell's business partner C.C. While Fran Fine manages the children, butler Niles ( Daniel Davis) manages the household and watches all the events that unfold with Fran as the new nanny. She helps turn Maxwell and his children into a healthy, happy family. Maxwell Sheffield is unhappy about it at first, but Fran turns out to be just what he and his family needed, with her off-beat nurturing, no-nonsense honesty, and 'Queens logic'. Instead, she finds herself the nanny of Maxwell's three children, Maggie, Brighton, and Grace. Jewish-American Fran Fine turns up on the doorstep of British Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield ( Charles Shaughnessy) to sell cosmetics after having been both dumped and fired by her boyfriend and employer Danny Imperialli. The sitcom has also spawned several foreign adaptations, loosely inspired by the original scripts.

The show earned a Rose d'Or and one Emmy Award, out of a total of twelve nominations, and Drescher was twice nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy. The show was created and produced by Drescher and her husband Peter Marc Jacobson, taking much of its inspiration from Drescher's personal life growing up in Queens, involving names and characteristics based on her relatives and friends. The Nanny is an American television sitcom originally aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish Queens native who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York/British high society. "The Nanny Named Fran", written and performed by Ann Hampton Callaway (performed with Liz Callaway)

(Pilot episode: Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields) For other uses, see Nanny (disambiguation).
