Fran Fine

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Francine Joy Drescher was born on September 30th, 1957 in Flushing, Queens, New York to 'Mort Drescher' ...

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Fran Fine Quotes

	Season 5 / Episode 22: - The Wedding (1) Fran Fine: Jocelyn and Lester are getting a divorce. Maxwell Sheffield: What's that to do with us? Fran Fine: Their marriage didn't work because they're from two different worlds just like us. I mean you're the sophisticated classy Jocelyn, and I'm Lester, the poor schlub who works for you. Maxwell Sheffield: Oh, come on darling, you never really work.
	Season 5 / Episode 22: - The Wedding (1) Val Toriello: [Their car has broken down and they are on foot. To Sylvia:] You know, we've been walking for three hours, how cannot you be hungry? Fran Fine: [Turns to Sylvia, suspicious. Calmly:] Ma, did you eat my edible underwears? Sylvia Fine: [long pause] Maybe. Fran Fine: Ma! [slaps Sylvia on the arm] We were gonna ration my undies. Sylvia Fine: [Voice goes up] I was nervous! You know I always eat when I'm nervous! Fran Fine: [Agitated:] Nervous, happy, sad, swimming!
	Season 5 / Episode 21: - The Best Man Sylvia Fine: If you leave, I'm going to throw myself in the Hudson River. Fran Fine: Ma, flooding New Jersey is not going to solve anything.
	Season 5 / Episode 20: - The Pre-nup Fran Fine: B, what are you doing back? I thought you were going to go roller blading in the park? Brighton Sheffield: Oh, I came back. I forgot a vital piece of equipment. Fran Fine: What? Brighton Sheffield: Something that protects a vital piece of equipment.
	Season 5 / Episode 17: - Homie-Work Fran Fine: [to the wedding coordinator] Now Dirk, I just wanted to tell you, ours is a mixed marriage. He's from drinkers, we're from eaters. Let's plan the menu accordingly.
	Season 5 / Episode 16: - The Dinner Party Sylvia Fine: Darling, do you remember when we went to the Doral Hotel in Miami Beach... Fran Fine: Yeah. Sylvia Fine: ...and I went to the pool bar wearing a string bikini. Do you know why people were laughing behind my back? Fran Fine: Because that was the view that was funny?
	Season 5 / Episode 15: - The Engagement Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock: Maxwell, we have business to attend to other than playing kissy face with the help. Fran Fine: Oh, come on, Miss Babcock. I'm not really that much help.
	Season 5 / Episode 15: - The Engagement Sylvia Fine: [picking up the telephone] Yes? Fran Fine: [excitedly] I'm getting married! Sylvia Fine: Sorry, Miss. You got the wrong number.
	Season 5 / Episode 14: - Not Without My Nanny Maxwell Sheffield: Ah, good afternoon, Miss Fine. Fran Fine: Good afternoon, Mr. Sheffield. You know, the kids are at school, Niles is shopping. We could... do it. Maxwell Sheffield: [tentatively] All right. Hi... Fran. Fran Fine: [playfully] Hi Max.
	Season 5 / Episode 13: - Call Me Fran Fran Fine: [about her mother and father] One time, she bought this backless dress and he made her return it because it showed too much cleavage. Niles: Cut too low in the front? Fran Fine: You wish the front.
	Season 5 / Episode 13: - Call Me Fran Maxwell Sheffield: Don't you look adorable today. Fran Fine: Thank you. Maxwell Sheffield: You know, you could be Margaret's sister. Fran Fine: Oh sister... Fran Fine: [under her breath]... stepmother.
	Season 5 / Episode 13: - Call Me Fran Fran Fine: Trying to get some guy's approval has always been my whole raisinette.
	Season 5 / Episode 12: - One False Mole and You're Dead Fran Fine: When you watch your mother fry up your Mr. Potato Head, it scars you.
	Season 5 / Episode 11: - Rash to Judgment Grace Sheffield: Fran, I've been wearing a training bra for about three months now, and what exactly is that it trains them to do? Fran Fine: You know, honey, you really can't train 'em. Eventually, they'll just get older and go their separate ways. Sylvia Fine: Funny you should bring this up. Since I started my diet, I went down an entire cup size. Fran Fine: What cup size did you go down to, Ma? Stanley?
	Season 5 / Episode 11: - Rash to Judgment Fran Fine: [looking the mark on her neck in the mirror in horror] What is that? Sylvia Fine: Enough already. You don't have to hide. You can have a hickey at your age. You can have osteoporosis at your age. Fran Fine: [looking down her own blouse in shock] Oh my God, it goes all the way down my body. Sylvia Fine: [excitedly, still thinking it's a hickey] Mazel Tov, darling!
	Season 5 / Episode 11: - Rash to Judgment Fran Fine: How did you ever become a doctor? You couldn't even play Operation. Dr. Frankie Cresitelli: Just calm down. Real people are a lot bigger than that little cardboard guy.
	Season 5 / Episode 10: - From Flushing with Love Val Toriello: Well Fran, you know what they say... Fran Fine: [anxiously] What, Val? Val Toriello: No, really, you know what they say, Fran. You're far more the sophisticate than I.
	Season 5 / Episode 9: - Educating Fran Yetta Rosenberg: Read me my horoscope. Fran Fine: Oh, OK. Ah, "Scorpio. Tomorrow, you will awaken...” Yetta Rosenberg: [excitedly] Whoo-hoo!
	Season 5 / Episode 9: - Educating Fran Fran Fine: [trying to get Steve's Labrador 'Max' off the couch] Max, will you marry me? Fran Fine: [sighs] Works every time.
	Season 5 / Episode 8: - Fair Weather Fran Bryant Gumbel: I'll tell you what we'll do. I will give you a topic off the top of my head, and you just run with it. OK? Fran Fine: No problemo. Bryant Gumbel: Good. Gene therapy. Fran Fine: [with a look of deep thought] Jean therapy. Stage Hand: Fran Fine test, in five, four three, two... Fran Fine: [to the camera] Hi. I'm Fran Fine. How are you. I'm here to do an editorial commentary on jean therapy. Well, if you want my opinion, I think that there is nothing more therapeutic than slipping into a pair of jeans that make your tush look hot and a pair of ooh-la-la tattoos.
	Season 5 / Episode 7: - Mommy and Mai Fran Fine: [excitedly about a letter Fran just received] Ah, look Val. It's from Mai Ling. Yetta Rosenberg: Who's Mai Ling? Sylvia Fine: Oy, please. Sylvia Fine: [about Fran and Val] These two meshugganas adopted an orphan in high school for seventeen cents a day. Yetta Rosenberg: What a steal. Bell peppers are four ninety-nine a pound.
	Season 5 / Episode 7: - Mommy and Mai Fran Fine: Mr. Sheffield, remember when you told me that I could never have any more relatives staying at the house? Maxwell Sheffield: Yes, but more importantly, do you?
	Season 5 / Episode 7: - Mommy and Mai Fran Fine: I was the most popular girl in school. It said so on all the bathroom walls.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - A Decent Proposal Bellhop: [to Maxwell] May I have your last name, sir. Fran Fine: Good luck. I've been waiting five years for it.
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - A Decent Proposal Brighton Sheffield: [about a beautiful woman who just walked by] Oh, now that's a real woman. Fran Fine: Not the parts you're looking at, honey.
	Season 5 / Episode 5: - The Ex-Niles Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock: Well, it's been five days, and I haven't lost a single pound on this damned liquid diet. Niles: Maybe because it's gin. Chastity Claire 'C.C.' Babcock: Nanny Fine. How do you eat like that and stay so thin? Fran Fine: I have a very fast metabolism. Every time I think about how old I am and the fact that I'm still single, my heart starts racing.
	Season 5 / Episode 5: - The Ex-Niles Fran Fine: [to C.C] You went to finishing school. I had trouble finishing school.
	Season 5 / Episode 5: - The Ex-Niles Maxwell Sheffield: Miss Fine. What is Dr. Joyce Brothers doing in my sitting room? Fran Fine: Well, if you must know, she's here to decide if me or Miss Babcock is more right for you, not that it's any of your business.
	Season 5 / Episode 4: - Fransom Fran Fine: [to Val, while trying to determine the whereabouts of the missing Chester] Where in New York does an ice cream truck play a Barbra Streisand ballad? Fran Fine, Val Toriello: Greenwich Village!
	Season 5 / Episode 4: - Fransom Maxwell Sheffield: Why on earth is Yetta getting married at her age? Fran Fine: I was wondering that myself. Fran Fine: [sarcastically] I guess it's because somebody asked her!

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