Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, writer, activist, and trade union leader. She is known for her role as Fran Fine in the television sitcom The Nanny (1993–1999), which she created and produced with her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson.
Why did Fran and her husband divorce?
As time went on, Jacobson became more aware of his sexuality, and confronted his wife, telling her he was bisexual. “Honestly, he did not want the marriage to end,” Drescher told Fox News in 2021. “I needed it to end. I needed to find myself outside of the marriage and he needed to find himself outside of the marriage.
Drescher and Jacobson got married in 1978 when they were 21, and both attended and then later dropped out of Queens University.
The couple then moved to California and started writing their own sitcom. Jacobson told AOL, Drescher’s unique nasally voice was a “cash cow”.