Fran Drescher is living loud and proud like The Nanny

Fran Drescher made a name for herself playing the loud au pair Fran Fine in The Nanny. Photo: The Star

Fran Drescher’s voice immediately gives her away: brassy, nasal and with a soupy Noo-Yawk accent.

“People always say, ‘I can’t believe that’s your real voice’, and I say, ‘Who could make this up?’” the actress says with a chuckle that is a cross between a dry heave and a snort.