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I’m not dating," she said at the time. and I had been so oil and water—I didn’t buy that we would end up married. But I had to play it, because that’s what they wrote.”
Lauren Lane
Lauren Lane, best known as Fran’s antagonist, the obnoxious C.C. Babcock, was married to businessman David Wilkins from 1998 to 2009.
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Fran Drescher attends "The Friend" New York Premiere at iPic Theater on March 24, 2025 in New York City.(Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
‘THE NANNY’ STAR FRAN DRESCHER ISN’T IN ‘A RUSH’ TO DATE, SAYS SHE FEELS ‘VERY PEACEFUL BEING ALONE’
The 67-year-old explained she loves her gay ex-husband, Peter Jacobson, and they are "very close," so when it comes to relationships, she feels the most she can offer is "friends with benefits."
Drescher and Jacobson met when she was 15 and later married in 1978 when she was 21.
She never married and keeps a low profile. The two of them got married in 1978, but eventually got divorced in 1999 after having parted ways for years.
After ending their marriage, Jacobson decided to come out as gay two years later.
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Drescher is still busy, working on producing a musical of "The Nanny," which has been on hold, and handling several personal concerns too.
"We’re going to resurrect it but between the [actors] strike, my dad passing away [in 2024] and now the Palisades fires, which impacted my house… there’s only so much I can do," she said, adding, "you have to be in the right frame of mind" to do work.
"The Nanny" star's home was impacted by the Los Angeles fires earlier this year.
Drescher supported him as he came out of the closet, and the former spouses remain close friends.
In 2014, Drescher had a non-official marriage ceremony with her boyfriend, Shiva Ayyadurai, an entrepreneur who claimed to have invented email and courted controversy by promoting scientific conspiracy theories.
The couple split in 2016.
Today, Drescher is happily single, and in 2022, she said, “I’m in a relationship with myself, and it’s going quite well.”
Charles Shaughnessy
Charles Shaughnessy, the real-life British Baron who played Fran’s boss turned love interest, the posh Maxwell Sheffield, has been married to actress Susan Fallender since 1983.
Salisbury left the entertainment industry for good in 2006.
Madeline Zima
Grace, the youngest Sheffield child, and the one closest to Fran, was played by Madeline Zima. We were excellent writing and producing partners. They divorced in 1999, and he later came out as gay.
In 2020, "The Nanny" star told Page Six she just had one "friend with benefits."
Fran Drescher and ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson co-created "The Nanny."(Ron Galella Collection)
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"You know I’m kind of dating myself and it’s going quite well.
As for Jacobson’s career, he has worked on a couple of films and series as an actor, as well as written, directed and produced several television shows.
He is best known for co-creating the CBS sitcom ‘The Nanny’ together with his then-wife Drescher, who also starred in the show. They have a daughter, Kate.
It was an interesting childhood.”
Benjamin Salisbury
Benjamin Salisbury, who played the mischievous middle Sheffield child, Brighton, was married to Kelly Murkey from 2006 to 2013. I was trying to be funny and feeling like a whale.”
Nicholle Tom
Nicholle Tom played Maggie, Maxwell Sheffield’s oldest child.
He is the former husband of actress and comedian Fran Drescher, and they have no children together. My parents still view him as a son.”
In fact, in 2011, they even created the sitcom ‘Happily Divorced’ based on their lives. And we’re now the best of friends. She had seen the show that night and said, ‘Daddy, don’t kiss the girl.’ She wasn’t very keen on all the Fran and Maxwell chemistry.”
Daniel Davis
While the sarcastic butler, Niles, played by Daniel Davis, eventually married his nemesis, Sheffield’s business associate C.C.
Babcock, the actor never got married in real life. They have three children. She had mixed feelings about her experience on The Nanny, saying, “They treated me more like a prop than like a human being. The actress has never married.