Where Are They Now?
It’s been almost 22 years since CBS’ sitcom
The Nanny aired its season finale. A lot can change after more than two decades since we last saw
Fran Drescher and the rest of the cast. Here’s a look at where the cast of
The Nanny is today.
Fran
‘s been keeping busy since playing the “flashy girl from Flushing” with the nasally voice. From 2011 to 2013, she produced and starred in the TV Land show
Happily Divorced.
Cinderella as the evil stepmother Madame opposite
Carly Rae Jepsen. She even joined the touring company of the musical in spring 2015 to reprise the role for the show’s run in Los Angeles.
Days of Our Lives or Max Sheffield on
The Nanny, if you were watching TV in the 90s, you knew Charles Shaughnessy. The British actor is one of ET’s
Iconic Leading Men of 90s TV alongside Mark Curry, Patrick Duffy, Jimmy Smits and Grant Show but as he sees it, a lot of his success came from his talented female co-stars. You know, chemistry is a mystery, he tells ET s Nischelle Turner. It s like jazz.
The son of a television writer and an actress, it was seemingly just a matter of time before Shaughnessy would enter the family business himself. It didn t take long for his career to take off, as in his late 20s, he landed a role opposite Patsy Pease on
There are certain shows, particularly older shows like âThe Golden Girlsâ and âThe Office,â that function almost like gif factories. A personal favorite: The shocked face of âThe Nannyâsâ buttoned up C.C. Babcock turning to the camera with her eyes wide in horror, as if to say, â
C.C. is the kind of supporting character who doesnât get talked about as much when the conversation turns to âThe Nanny,â which originally ran on CBS from 1993-1999. Played by Lauren Lane, C.C. rarely got to deliver a punchline â she was the punchline.
The sitcom recently joined the world of streaming earlier this month on HBO Max, and that ease of access has meant watching the show through new eyes. For me, anyway. Itâs so easy to be dazzled, legitimately, by Fran Drescherâs flashy girl from Flushing. Itâs a wonderfully confident damn-the-torpedoes performance (and wardrobe), and her cheeky repartee with Charles Shaughnessyâs
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