Facts About The Nanny That Fans Of The Show Don’t Know

Published on 01/14/2021
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Close On And Off Screen

Renée Taylor is the actress who played Sylvia Fine, Fran’s TV mother who always gave unsolicited advice and looked for snacks regularly. The TV mother-daughter duo has stayed very close since the show ended. They make regular appearances on Fran’s Instagram. In 2019, Renée said in an interview that she and Fran still spend a lot of time together. I see Fran all the time,” she said. “I was just at a Cancer Schmancer charity thing for her.”

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Close On And Off Screen

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Celebrity Crush

Before Jon Stewart became famous for being a host of The Daily Show, he appeared in an episode of The Nanny named “Kissing Cousins”. In the show, he and Fran briefly dated before finding out they were cousins. In an interview in 2017, Fran said she loved working with Jon and thought he was “really cute”. Still, she made no moves seeing as he was married. She said, “You know, I would have gone for him in a New York minute, but I don’t go after anybody’s man—’cause you have to narrow the pool somehow”.

Celebrity Crush

Celebrity Crush

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