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- Fran Drescher (Fran Fine) Fran Fine is hired as a nanny for Maxwell Sheffield’s three kids after she shows Sheffield her references… which are written in lipstick.
- Charles Shaughnessy (Maxwell Sheffield) Broadway Producer Maxwell Sheffield hires Fran Fine for the in-house job. At first, he isn’t too sure of her, but the nanny grew on him, so much so that an eventual romance blossomed.
- Nicholle Tom (Margaret Sheffield) Margaret Sheffield, also known as Maggie, is Maxwell’s eldest daughter. She began as a shy and awkward teenager and, as Fran puts it in the pilot, “You don’t need a personality when you’re an Heiress.”
- Daniel Davis (Niles) Niles is the family butler, nothing could top his loyalty to the family, besides his piercing dry wit that landed every one-liner.
Nanny: Wendy Craig ... Virginia Fane: Jill Bennett ... Aunt Pen: James Villiers ... Bill Fane: William Dix ... Joey Fane: Pamela Franklin ... Bobbie Medman: Jack Watling ... Dr. Medman: Maurice Denham ... Dr. Beamaster: Alfred Burke ... Dr. Wills: Harry Fowler ... Milkman: Angharad Aubrey ... Susy Fane: Nora Gordon ... Mrs. Griggs: Sandra Power ...
- ‘The Nanny’ Cast: Where Are They Now? Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy and More. Following a successful run on CBS, The Nanny and its cast solidified a place for themselves in the industry.
- ‘The Nanny’ Cast: Where Are They Now? Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy and More. Following a successful run on CBS, The Nanny and its cast solidified a place for themselves in the industry.
- Fran Drescher. After skyrocketing to fame as the lead in The Nanny, Drescher continued to star in sitcoms like Living with Fran and Happily Divorced. She has also worked on the Hotel Transylvania film series, Broad City, Alone Together, Indebted and Mr. Mayor.
- Charles Shaughnessy. The England native, who played one half of the main couple in The Nanny, later booked TV roles including Stanley, The Magicians, Mad Men and General Hospital.
- Fran Drescher
- Charles Shaughnessy
- Lauren Lane
- Daniel Davis
- Nicholle Tom
- Benjamin Salisbury
- Madeline Zima
- Renée Taylor
- Ann Morgan Guilbert
Before her titular role on The Nanny earned her two Emmy nominations and two Golden Globes nominations, Fran Drescher’s main claims to fame were her acting debut in 1977’s Saturday Night Fever opposite John Travolta, and a small part in the mockumentary classic, This Is Spinal Tap, in 1984. Her most notable TV follow-up before her current role on N...
Speaking of Max, British actor Charles Shaughnessy played Fran Fine’s employer turned lover Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny - his most recognizable role following an Emmy-winning stint on Days of Our Lives, which he would return to off and on in later years. People who grew up on Disney Channel original movies may also remember him as the fanged ant...
Before Fran Fine and Maxwell Sheffield were married, competing for his affections was his business partner, Chastity Claire “C.C.” Babcock, played by Lauren Lane. She was previously best known for inheriting the female lead role on the cop show Hunter in its final season, and for a recurring spot on legal drama L.A. Law, before she was cast as the ...
Also sure to participate in the Nanny cast reunion was Daniel Davis, whose character, the butler Niles, also shared an interesting romantic arc with Lauren Lane’s C.C. Babcock, after initially starting off as rivals. Before gaining a following in the Nanny cast, the 75-year-old Arkansas native was well known among Tom Clancy fans for playing Captai...
Outside of playing the eldest of Maxwell Sheffield’s three children, Maggie, Nicholle Tom was best known as the eldest of the Newton children, Ryce, in the first two Beethoven movies in the 1990s. Near the end of The Nanny’s run, she would be cast as the voice of Supergirl on Superman: The Animated Series, which she would also reprise in some Justi...
Nicholle Tom played the onscreen older sister of Benjamin Salisbury, who was 13 when he joined the Nanny cast as Maxwell Sheffield’s son, Brighton, in 1993. He made his acting debut a year earlier as the onscreen son of Martin Short in Captain Ron - a comedy also starring Kurt Russell as dangerous man in an eye-patch not named Snake Plissken - and ...
Since starring on The Nanny as young Grace (after debuting in the 1992 thriller The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), Madeline Zima has not exactly acquired household name status. Yet, from playing a victim in the 2009 cult horror film The Collector, to a teenage seductress on Californication, and small roles in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks revival and the ...
Casting Renée Taylor as Fran Fine’s mother, Sylvia, on The Nanny was a pitch-perfect choice, which the Emmy voters showed they agreed with by giving her an Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nomination - her third in total. Previously, Academy Award-nominated actress, writer, and director was best known for The Producers (from writer...
It was also an inspired choice to cast Ann Morgan Guilbert on The Nanny as Fran Fine's chain-smoking, hopelessly senile grandmother Yetta Rosenberg, whom Fran Drescher based off of her real-life grandmother. While Yetta is, arguably, at the top of her list of best-known TV roles, Guilbert was already a sitcom legend from playing Millie Helper - the...
- Fran Drescher (Fran Fine) Before embodying the unforgettable role of Fran Fine, Fran Drescher had appeared in movies like Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Wes Craven's Stranger in Our House (1978).
- Charles Shaughnessy (Max Sheffield) The British actor was born into show business — his father was a TV writer (Upstairs, Downstairs) and his mother, Jean Lodge, was an actress.
- Lauren Lane (C.C. Babcock) Lauren Lane began appearing in films around 1984, but her television career didn't begin until 1991 when she landed the role of Sgt.
- Daniel Davis (Niles) Daniel Davis first appeared on television in 1980 and racked up credits on Texas, Dynasty, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. However, Niles the butler became his most famous role, thanks to his on-point faux English accent and hilarious one-liners.
Jul 9, 2023 · Fran Fine was portrayed by Fran Drescher, who co-wrote the show with her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson. After her time on The Nanny, Drescher returned to TV with the sitcom Living with Fran...
The Nanny (TV Series 1993–1999) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.