The adventures of "Nanny Fine", the flirtatious, unmarried woman with the characteristic "curly" voice, kept company for 6 years in the television audience and were first broadcast by the American television network CBS. It all started in an airline flight, when the protagonist of the series, Fran Dresser, spotted a large CBS executive sitting just a few seats away from her.
Her desire to star in a series armed her with the necessary courage to politely approach the man who could arrange her coveted date. He, fascinated by Dresser, agreed to see her again a few weeks later in his office. A year later, on November 3, 1993, the first episode of "The Nanny" aired.
Together with her then-husband Peter-Mark Jacobson, she undertook the creation and production of the series. The script contains many biographical elements of Fran Dresser, such as her parents' names, Sylvia and Morty, her childhood experiences and comic situations from her life. The most important element is the misfortune in her personal life.
In the series, the nanny appears at the Sheffield house, after a great amorous disappointment. Specifically, from a separation shortly before the wedding. Fran Dresser may have actually married Jacobson, with whom she had an affair from acting school, but the development was similar.
The couple divorced during the last season of the series, because as her partner of many years revealed, she realized that she was gay.
Another incident from her personal life significantly affected the series. In 1985, Dresser was raped with a friend. The actress has since acquired great phobias. She often had the feeling that someone was following her on the street. So he never had a live audience on set.
She believed that one of them could follow her and hurt her. The laughter heard in the episodes is recorded by actors.
Her extravagant hairstyle, intense make-up and kitsch outfit of the protagonist, were key parts of the role, which made her even more beloved by the public.
One of the most bizarre incidents was the repeated letters of protest from the audience for the clever accent of the actor, who played Sheffield.
He was considered exaggerated in his attempt to speak as a British man and was referred to take lessons from his co-star in the series, who played the role of the housekeeper Niles.
But they did not know something basic. That Mr. Sheffield was born and raised in London and his accent was not just "fake". Niles, on the other hand, was a native of Arkansas and was the one who pretended to be British λώντας openly fooling viewers!
As for the disgusting colleague of Sheffield, CC (CC) in the last episode, her full name was revealed for the first time, which was "Chastity Claire", when in fact it was the actress Lauren Lane, who spent the last months of her pregnancy in last cycle of the series.
Actress Madeleine Zima was the cute little girl who played the youngest daughter of the widowed theater producer. In an interview she has stated that the 6 years of the series were the worst of her life, because they did not behave normally. He felt more like an object than a human being.
The title track of the series was originally "If My Friends Could See Me Now", from the musical Sweet Charity, but no one liked it. The song that prevailed was finally created exclusively for the needs of the series and was characterized as a "trademark".
Many big names in cinema and music paraded through the series. From Elizabeth Taylor and Barbara Streisand to Joan Collins and Celine Dion. The whole cast had developed highly friendly relations, with the exception of Madeline Zima, who as a child was distant and afraid of change in her life.
Even today, friendships have remained strong and the actors do not miss the opportunity to meet in common groups and social events.