Fran Drescher
Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, writer and activist. She is best known for her role as Fran Fine in the hit TV series "The Nanny" (1993–99), and for her nasal voice and thick New York accent.
Heart &amp; Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser
The film features re-creations from Loesser's early life, home movies, archival footage, performance clips, and interviews with Jo Sullivan Loesser and three of his children: author Susan Loesser, theater owner and manager John Loesser, and actress Emily Loesser. The film also notes Frank Loesser's influence on American popular song through interviews with Broadway and Hollywood veterans James Burrows, Cy Feuer, Stephen Schwartz, Maury Yeston, Jerry Herman, Richard Adler, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Isabel Bigley, Charles Nelson Reilly, Robert Morse, and Matthew Broderick, among others. Frank Loesser was a chronic cigarette smoker and died from lung cancer at 59.
The film garnered positive reviews in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Palm Beach Post, and Time.com, among others. In 2007, it won a Cine Golden Eagle Award in the non-fiction category. The film was re-broadcast on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on June 29, 2010, the centennial of Loesser's birth.