The Nanny

Running Time: 30 minutes (approx)

Fran Fine (Fran Drescher) is a whining street-wise young Jewish woman who comes from Queens. Life isn't going too well for her at the beginning of this series; her boyfriend has dumped her for someone else and, due to this, has been fired from her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend's shop.

However things turn around for her when she stumbles across another job as a door-to-door cosmetic salesperson. While selling her wares in Manhattan, she knocks on the door of the wealthy English and widowed Broadway Producer, Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaugnessy). Here she is mistaken to be applying for the nanny position, and she soon convinces Maxwell that she would be ideal as a nanny for his three children; Maggie (Nicholle Tom), Brighton (Benjamin Salisbury and Grace (Madeline Zima). With her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, Fran soon touched Maxwell, and his children and by giving them a touch of 'Queens logic' took them from their previous prim-and-proper lifestyles and helped them become a healthy and happy family.

As well as looking after, and being a treasured confidant, to the children she very quickly becomes great friends with the household's proud butler Niles (Daniel Davis), who watches on with intrigue as he recognizes Fran's special gift at bringing family warmth back into the house and levels all problems with his quick wit. Another of Niles' favourite pastimes is undermining Maxwell's socialite business partner, C.C. Babcock (Lauren Lane), in their perpetual game of one-upmanship.

Unfortunately not all is roses in Fran's new life. She has developed quite a crush on Maxwell, who has reciprocated the feelings, however C.C., who views Fran with a mixture of scepticism and jealousy, has her own personal plans for Maxwell and feels Fran is getting in the way.

However you'll have to watch and find out whether they do get together or not.

Main Cast

Roseanne
Leila Kenzle
Robert Culp
Lesley-Anne Down
Nancy Frangione
Lainie Kazan
Image for Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg
Maxwell Caulfield
Wallace Shawn
Image for Joan CollinsJoan Collins
Gordon Thomson
Image for Charles ShaughnessyCharles Shaughnessy
Image for Jane SeymourJane Seymour
Lauren Koslow
Cloris Leachman
Catherine Oxenberg
Charlie Newmark
Michael Bolton
Casey Williams
Rahi Azizi
Image for Sayed BadreyaSayed Badreya
Tawny Meyer
Jaclyn Tohn
Athena Stensland
Chester Drescher
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Shawn Phillips
Amy Lerman
Philip Lehl
Lisa Alpert
Sylvia Drescher
Telma Hopkins
Marilyn Cooper
James DiStefano
Alex Nevil
Melanie Good
DeeDee Rescher
Donna Hardy
Marji Martin
Wayne C. Dvorak
Christopher Winfield
Jeff Cain
John Bishop
Allen Bloomfield
Kork Falkenberg
Peter Scolari
Richard Kind
Robert Vaughn
Joe Lando
Maria Conchita Alonso
Nikki Cox
Tracy Nelson
Sally Kirkland
Bess Armstrong
Brian Bloom
Martin Mull
Barry Livingston
Todd Graff
Jonathan Penner
George Coe

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