"The Nanny" (1993)TV series 1993-1999

Creators:

Fran Drescher
Peter Marc Jacobson
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

3 November 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

After being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich British widower. As time passes, the two fall for each other.

Plot Keywords:

Irrtating Voice | Sexual Tension | Cultural Conflict | Celebrity Guest | Laugh

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 33 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. May 21	2:00 AM	LIFE	Your Feets Too Big	#3.20
Wed. May 21	8:00 AM	LIFE	The Nose Knows	#4.15

Cast

Fran Drescher	...	Fran Fine / ... (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Charles Shaughnessy	...	Maxwell Sheffield / ... (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Daniel Davis	...	Niles (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Lauren Lane	...	Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Nicholle Tom	...	Margaret 'Maggie' Sheffield / ... (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Benjamin Salisbury	...	Brighton Sheffield (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Madeline Zima	...	Grace Sheffield (145 episodes, 1993-1999)
Renée Taylor	...	Sylvia Fine (94 episodes, 1993-1999)
Rachel Chagall	...	Val Toriello (81 episodes, 1993-1999)
Ann Morgan Guilbert	...	Yetta Rosenberg (63 episodes, 1993-1999)

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Series Directed by
Dorothy Lyman		(66 episodes, 1995-1998)
Jennifer Reed		(32 episodes, 1997-1999)
Lee Shallat Chemel		(27 episodes, 1993-1995)
Buzz Sapien		(20 episodes, 1993-1995)
Jody Margolin		(11 episodes, 1995-1996)
Peter Marc Jacobson		(9 episodes, 1998-1999)
Gail Mancuso		(6 episodes, 1994)
Paul Miller		(4 episodes, 1994)
Linda Day		(3 episodes, 1994)
Will Mackenzie		(2 episodes, 1994)

Series Writing credits
Fran Drescher		(112 episodes, 1993-1999)
Peter Marc Jacobson		(112 episodes, 1993-1999)
Prudence Fraser		(108 episodes, 1993-1999)
Robert Sternin		(108 episodes, 1993-1999)
Frank Lombardi		(16 episodes, 1994-1998)
Diane Wilk		(14 episodes, 1993-1997)
Rick Shaw		(13 episodes, 1994-1999)
Jayne Hamil		(12 episodes, 1994-1999)
Caryn Lucas		(10 episodes, 1995-1998)
Eileen O'Hare		(7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Sally Lapiduss		(6 episodes, 1993-1996)
Dana Reston		(6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Ivan Menchell		(6 episodes, 1997-1999)
Robbie Schwartz		(5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Nastaran Dibai		(5 episodes, 1996-1998)
Jeffrey B. Hodes		(5 episodes, 1996-1998)
Suzanne Gangursky		(5 episodes, 1997-1999)
Cody Farley		(5 episodes, 1998-1999)
Pamela Eells		(4 episodes, 1993-1995)
Dan Amernick		(4 episodes, 1996-1998)
Jay Amernick		(4 episodes, 1996-1998)
Howard Meyers		(3 episodes, 1993-1994)
Eric Cohen		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Janis Hirsch		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Sean Hanley		(3 episodes, 1997-1999)
Suzanne Myers		(3 episodes, 1998-1999)
Eve Ahlert		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Dennis Drake		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
Bill Lawrence		(2 episodes, 1994)
David M. Matthews		(2 episodes, 1994)
Erik Mintz		(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Chandler Evans		(2 episodes, 1999)
Lisa Medway		(1 episode, 1994)
Matthew J. Berman		(unknown episodes)
Chris Carter		(unknown episodes)
Rachel Chagall		(unknown episodes)
Christina Chahal		(unknown episodes)
Jasper Cole		(unknown episodes)
Jim Keily		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Peter Marc Jacobson	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (118 episodes, 1993-1999)
Prudence Fraser	....	executive producer / consulting executive producer (117 episodes, 1993-1999)
Janice Minsberg	....	associate producer / co-producer (117 episodes, 1993-1999)
Robert Sternin	....	executive producer / consulting executive producer (117 episodes, 1993-1999)
Fran Drescher	....	producer / executive producer (116 episodes, 1993-1999)
Kathy Landsberg	....	producer / co-executive producer (114 episodes, 1993-1999)
Diane Wilk	....	co-executive producer / executive producer / ... (110 episodes, 1993-1998)
Frank Lombardi	....	supervising producer / co-executive producer / ... (80 episodes, 1995-1999)
Caryn Lucas	....	supervising producer / co-executive producer / ... (72 episodes, 1995-1999)
Nastaran Dibai	....	supervising producer / producer (51 episodes, 1996-1998)
Jeffrey B. Hodes	....	supervising producer / producer (51 episodes, 1996-1998)
Ivan Menchell	....	producer / consulting producer / ... (33 episodes, 1997-1999)
Lee Shallat Chemel	....	producer (29 episodes, 1993-1995)
Howard Preiser	....	associate producer / co-producer (28 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dana Reston	....	producer / co-producer (27 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jayne Hamil	....	co-producer / producer (27 episodes, 1997-1999)
Pamela Eells	....	co-executive producer (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Sally Lapiduss	....	co-executive producer (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Eric Cohen	....	supervising producer (22 episodes, 1994-1995)
Robbie Schwartz	....	associate producer / co-producer (22 episodes, 1995-1996)
Howard Meyers	....	supervising producer (21 episodes, 1993-1994)
Janis Hirsch	....	consulting producer (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Dorothy Lyman	....	producer (17 episodes, 1997-1998)
Rick Shaw	....	co-producer / producer (16 episodes, 1998-1999)
Jennifer Destiny Mackenzie	....	associate producer (7 episodes, 1998-1999)
Chris Carter	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Timothy Thompson		(144 episodes, 1993-1999)

Series Cinematography by
James Jansen		(63 episodes, 1995-1998)
Mikel Neiers		(46 episodes, 1993-1995)
Robert F. Liu		(7 episodes, 1998-1999)
Donald M. Morgan		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Jim McQueen		(117 episodes, 1993-1999)

Series Casting by
April Webster		(95 episodes, 1994-1999)
Marc Hirschfeld		(21 episodes, 1993-1994)
Meg Liberman		(21 episodes, 1993-1994)
Paula Rosenberg		(10 episodes, 1997-1998)

Series Art Direction by
Bernard Vyzga		(95 episodes, 1994-1999)
Bill Brzeski		(24 episodes, 1993-1994)

Series Set Decoration by
Shaunah D. Smith		(43 episodes, 1993-1995)
Diane O'Connell		(42 episodes, 1995-1997)
Susan Mina Eschelbach		(13 episodes, 1998-1999)
Cindy Coburn		(12 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jennifer Polito		(4 episodes, 1997)
Sarah Burdick Stone		(3 episodes, 1997)

Series Costume Design by
Brenda Cooper		(69 episodes, 1993-1996)
Shawn Holly Cookson		(49 episodes, 1996-1999)
Terry Gordon		(49 episodes, 1996-1999)

Series Makeup Department
Kenneth Paul Schoenfeld	....	makeup artist (71 episodes, 1995-1999)
Faye Woods	....	hair styles: Fran Drescher / hair stylist (62 episodes, 1995-1999)
Dugg Kirkpatrick	....	hair stylist (57 episodes, 1993-1996)
Rena Andreoli	....	makeup artist (49 episodes, 1995-1999)
Darrell McIntyre	....	makeup artist (39 episodes, 1993-1995)
Roxanne Baker	....	hair stylist (35 episodes, 1995-1997)
Gloria Blackman	....	makeup artist (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Wendy Hogan	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1993)
Bradley Wexler	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1996)

Series Production Management
Debbie Elbin	....	unit production manager: NY (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jody Margolin	....	associate director (7 episodes, 1994-1996)

Series Art Department
Dale Head	....	property master (117 episodes, 1993-1999)
Melody Harrop	....	assistant art director (17 episodes, 1995-1999)
Lilly Frank	....	paint decorator (6 episodes, 1995-1996)

Series Sound Department
Tamara Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist (121 episodes, 1993-1999)
John Bickelhaupt	....	sound re-recording mixer (115 episodes, 1993-1999)
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recording mixer (23 episodes, 1993-1994)
Ron Garrard	....	sound recordist (9 episodes, 1993)
Todd Grace	....	sound re-recordist / sound re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Allen Patapoff	....	sound re-recordist (2 episodes, 1995)
Derek Casari	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Brent Ellingwood	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Mike Olman	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Peter Rand	....	utility sound (unknown episodes)
Gene Semel	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Vincent Montefusco	....	special effects: mech/flying (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Andy Jolliff	....	digital compositor (1 episode, 1995)
Don W. Kim	....	digital compositor (1 episode, 1995)

Series Stunts
Chino Binamo	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 1996-1998)
D.J. Johnson	....	utility stunts (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ric Urbauer	....	best boy grip (78 episodes, 1994-1997)
Jenna Abrahamson-Minardi	....	first best boy electrician (12 episodes, 1998)
Ali Vossough	....	camera utility (8 episodes, 1994-1997)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (unknown episodes)
Dave Heckman	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Jaime Heintz	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Stephen A. Jones	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Larry Newberg	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Ron Provenzano	....	set lighting (unknown episodes)
Tom Wholey	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Candice Colbert	....	digital background painter (1 episode, 1995)

Series Casting Department
Paula Parker	....	casting associate (27 episodes, 1996-1997)
Marc Hirschfeld	....	original casting (25 episodes, 1996-1999)
Meg Liberman	....	original casting (25 episodes, 1996-1999)
Brian Myers	....	casting associate (24 episodes, 1993-1994)
Paula Rosenberg	....	casting associate (21 episodes, 1996-1999)
Scott Baldyga	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)
Byron Crystal	....	extras casting (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vincent Lapper	....	costumer (6 episodes, 1993)
Bianca White	....	costumer (2 episodes, 1994-1998)
Julia Schklair	....	costumer (unknown episodes, 1995)
Laura Guzik	....	key costumer (unknown episodes, 1997-1999)
Shawn Holly Cookson	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Brenda Cooper	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)
Terry Gordon	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Gilda Texter	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Erica Toriello	....	costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Ann Hampton Callaway	....	composer: theme music (144 episodes, 1993-1999)

Series Other crew
Steve Posner	....	dialogue coach (118 episodes, 1993-1999)
Dennis Capps	....	stage manager (112 episodes, 1993-1999)
Gabrielle Wallack Godfrey	....	production staff / production coordinator (83 episodes, 1994-1998)
Greg Lenert	....	stage manager / production staff (71 episodes, 1995-1999)
Jay Amernick	....	production staff / story editor (66 episodes, 1994-1999)
Jennifer Destiny Mackenzie	....	production staff / executive assistant: Fran Drescher / ... (66 episodes, 1995-1998)
Susan Diamant-Neigher	....	stage manager (65 episodes, 1993-1996)
Frances Alet	....	production associate (62 episodes, 1993-1996)
Suzanne Gangursky	....	executive assistant / story editor / ... (61 episodes, 1995-1999)
Michael Dow	....	production staff (59 episodes, 1996-1999)
Rick Shaw	....	story editor / executive story editor (55 episodes, 1995-1998)
Chandler Evans	....	production staff / executive assistant (50 episodes, 1996-1999)
Kristin Hallmark	....	production staff (49 episodes, 1996-1999)
Bonnie Morley	....	script supervisor / production associate / ... (49 episodes, 1996-1999)
Andy Mackenzie	....	production staff / production coordinator (48 episodes, 1996-1999)
Sean Hanley	....	executive assistant / production staff (47 episodes, 1993-1998)
Susan Haight	....	production staff (45 episodes, 1993-1995)
Jayne Hamil	....	executive story editor / story editor (45 episodes, 1995-1997)
Howard Preiser	....	executive assistant (45 episodes, 1995-1997)
Robbie Schwartz	....	production staff (43 episodes, 1993-1995)
Kirsten Vensel	....	production staff (43 episodes, 1993-1995)
Susan Ashley	....	executive assistant (38 episodes, 1996-1998)
Deirdre Cecil	....	production staff (36 episodes, 1997-1999)
Cory Sanders	....	production staff (35 episodes, 1994-1996)
Frank Lombardi	....	story editor / executive story editor (28 episodes, 1994-1995)
Dana Reston	....	story editor / executive story editor (28 episodes, 1994-1995)
Matthew J. Berman	....	production staff (28 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dan Passman	....	production staff / executive assistant: Fran Drescher (26 episodes, 1997-1999)
Corey Frey	....	production staff (23 episodes, 1996-1997)
Andy Glickman	....	production staff (22 episodes, 1994-1995)
Blake Harrison	....	production staff (22 episodes, 1994-1995)
Allen Wilson	....	production staff (22 episodes, 1995-1996)
Dan Amernick	....	production staff / story editor (22 episodes, 1996-1999)
William Klug	....	script coordinator (22 episodes, 1998-1999)
David M. Matthews	....	production staff (21 episodes, 1993-1994)
J.D. Dunlop	....	production staff (21 episodes, 1997-1998)
Bob Mostacci	....	production staff (20 episodes, 1993-1994)
Buzz Sapien	....	associate director (20 episodes, 1994-1995)
Lorest Briggs	....	production staff (19 episodes, 1994-1995)
Scott Miles	....	production staff (19 episodes, 1995-1996)
Eileen O'Hare	....	story editor (19 episodes, 1995-1996)
Emma Tillinger	....	production staff (18 episodes, 1993-1994)
Jennifer Reed	....	associate director (18 episodes, 1996-1999)
Sylvia Green	....	production staff (16 episodes, 1995-1996)
Paula Rosenberg	....	production staff (15 episodes, 1995-1996)
Michael Rowe	....	story editor (12 episodes, 1993-1994)
Eric Nieber	....	production staff (12 episodes, 1994-1995)
Rebecca Feldman	....	production staff (12 episodes, 1997-1998)
Matthew Viera	....	production staff (12 episodes, 1998-1999)
Domingo Maldonado	....	production staff (11 episodes, 1995-1996)
Roz Kern	....	choreographer / production staff (11 episodes, 1998-1999)
Tracy Newman	....	creative consultant (8 episodes, 1994)
Jonathan Stark	....	creative consultant (8 episodes, 1994)
Silvia Olivas	....	production staff (8 episodes, 1995)
Alexander Bulkley	....	production staff (8 episodes, 1997)
Christopher Lisotta	....	production staff (8 episodes, 1997)
Jody Margolin	....	associate director (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Alex Bernstein	....	production staff (7 episodes, 1998-1999)
Eric Wise	....	production staff (5 episodes, 1994)
La Trina Deshotel	....	production staff (5 episodes, 1995)
Cary Gillenwater	....	production staff (5 episodes, 1998-1999)
Allen J. Zipper	....	executive story editor (5 episodes, 1998-1999)
Camelia Kath	....	executive assistant (5 episodes, 1999)
Eric Monsky	....	production staff (5 episodes, 1999)
Terri Prizant	....	production associate / production staff (3 episodes, 1993-1996)
Carol Anne Miller	....	stage manager (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Suzanne Fitzpatrick	....	production staff (3 episodes, 1995)
Jon Gunn	....	production staff (3 episodes, 1995)
Rachel Sweet	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1996)
Robert Blair	....	creative consultant (2 episodes, 1994)
Jonathan Weiss	....	stage manager (2 episodes, 1994)
Joe Abramson	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1995)
Lamar Sally	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1996)
Diana Jimenez Pulver	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1997)
Heather Lennon	....	production staff (2 episodes, 1999)
Lisi Crane	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Brian Dee	....	production staff (unknown episodes)
Prudence Fraser	....	series developer (unknown episodes)
Sal Ortiz	....	production staff (unknown episodes)
Robert Sternin	....	series developer (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Danté	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1994)
Tim Flack	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1995)
Abraham G. Levin	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1995)
Mike Keeler	....	dedicatee (1 episode, 1999)

Production Companies

• CBS Television
• Highschool Sweethearts (1996-1999)
• Sternin & Fraser Ink Inc.
• TriStar Television (in association with)

Distributors

• CBS Television (1993-1999) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Columbia TriStar Television (1997-)
• RTL Entertainment (2007-) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL8)
• RTL Entertainment (????) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• RTL Televizija (2004-) (Croatia) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005-) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 2)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• Televisión Federal (Telefe) (Argentina)
• TriStar Television

Special Effects

• Makeup Effects Laboratories

Other Companies

• 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)")
• Culver Studios  taped at
• Elton John Aids Foundation  CBS and Tristar have made a charitable contribution to th Elton John Aids Foundation (episode 5.2)
• 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  as Entertainment Tonight (episode "Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary (1998)")
• Sony Pictures 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. Pictures  Bo Derek photograph courtesy of (episode "Homie-Work (1998)")
• William A. Bong Limited  scene from "Tantrums & Tiaras" courtesy of (episode 5.2)

Runtime:

30 min (including commercials) (146 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Yiddish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-PG | Portugal:M/6 | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, USA

Company:

CBS Television

Trivia:

Fran is short for Francine (also Fran Drescher's real name)

Quotes:

C.C.: I find I can catch more flies with honey.
Niles: I always thought your tongue darted out.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Influences: From Yesterday to Today (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Nanny Named Fran

It hasn't been that long

I can't believe it has only been a few years since The Nanny went off the air. I didn't watch when it was on the network but have been watching the syndicated shows on cable. Funny stuff! Fran isn't afraid to fall on her face (her physical comedy is hilarious!) or let others have funny lines. That makes for a good show. Her occasional quick glance at the audience makes us feel as though we are "in on it" somehow.

Lifetime has announced that there will be a special "The Nanny Reunion" for the 2004-2005 season. Yea! I can't wait to see what has happened to Niles and C.C., Fran and Maxwell, Yetta and Sylvia. What kind of mother is Fran? How old will the twins be?