Editing Fran Drescher (section)

==Early life and education==
Francine Joy Drescher was born on September 30, 1957, in [[Queens]], a [[borough of New York City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/53121%7C0/fran-drescher#biography|title=Fran Drescher|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505191913/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/53121%7C0/Fran-Drescher/biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Firestone|first=David|title=For Queens, a Place in the Sun; Hollywood Is Suddenly Zooming In, With a Vengeance|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/nyregion/for-queens-a-place-in-the-sun-hollywood-is-suddenly-zooming-in-with-a-vengeance.html|access-date=May 26, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 18, 1994|quote=Ms. Drescher, who actually comes from Kew Gardens Hills, may be the most deliberately colorful of the lot, but she is hardly alone in celebrating the showbiz ascendancy of her native land.|archive-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526104218/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/18/nyregion/for-queens-a-place-in-the-sun-hollywood-is-suddenly-zooming-in-with-a-vengeance.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the younger daughter of Sylvia Drescher (born 1934), a bridal consultant, and Morty Drescher (1929–2024), a naval systems analyst. Her family is [[Jewish]], from [[Southeast Europe|Southeast]] and Central Europe. Her maternal great-grandmother Yetta was born in [[Focșani]], [[Romania]], and emigrated to the United States,<ref name=evz>{{cite news |url=http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/dadaca-fran-eu-sunt-din-romania--822765.html |title=Dădaca Fran: "Eu sunt din România!" |newspaper=[[Evenimentul Zilei]] |date=October 1, 2008 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305204623/http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/dadaca-fran-eu-sunt-din-romania--822765.html |archive-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref> while her father's family came from [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://journal.aarpinternational.org/a/b/2009/01/5961d017-c416-4a08-8796-3ba078c165c0|title=Raising Global Awareness of Women's Health Issues|author=Fran Drescher|access-date=July 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722152131/http://journal.aarpinternational.org/a/b/2009/01/5961d017-c416-4a08-8796-3ba078c165c0|archive-date=July 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has an older sister, Nadine.<ref name=somefamily /> Drescher was a first runner-up for "Miss New York Teenager" in 1973.<ref>{{cite book|last=Drescher|first=Fran|title=Enter Whining|date=1996|publisher=Regan Books|location=New York|isbn=978-0-06-039155-3|page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JScKgD09giYC|edition=1|access-date=May 26, 2014|archive-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713201241/https://books.google.com/books?id=JScKgD09giYC|url-status=live}}</ref>

She attended Flushing's Parsons Junior High School, which later dissolved,<ref name=biography.com /><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/two-schools-to-replace-parsons-junior-high/article_1aab392b-4ba6-5707-968a-379f964c321e.html|title=Two Schools To Replace Parsons Junior High|date=May 31, 2007|access-date=May 5, 2019| first=Liz |last=Rhoades|work=Queens Chronicle|location=Queens, New York City|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190505193639/https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/two-schools-to-replace-parsons-junior-high/article_1aab392b-4ba6-5707-968a-379f964c321e.html| url-status=live}}</ref> and then [[Hillcrest High School (Queens)|Hillcrest High School]] in [[Jamaica, Queens]]. There she met her future husband, [[Peter Marc Jacobson]], whom she married in 1978, at age 21. They divorced in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last=Meisler|first=Andy|title=Television; Mary Poppins She's Not|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/18/arts/television-mary-poppins-she-s-not.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=May 26, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 18, 1994|quote=After she graduated from Hillcrest High School in Queens, where she met Mr. Jacobson, the two of them moved to Los Angeles and were married.|archive-date=May 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224703/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/18/arts/television-mary-poppins-she-s-not.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> Drescher graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1975;<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/fran-drescher-392440|title=Fran Drescher|website= [[Biography.com]]|publisher=[[A&E Networks]]|archive-date=November 28, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111128211942/http://www.biography.com/people/fran-drescher-392440|url-status=dead|quote = While attending Parsons Junior High, Drescher realized she was interested in acting. At Hillcrest High School (where she shared several classes with comedian and fellow student Ray Romano), Drescher joined the drama club. There she met and began dating classmate Peter Marc Jacobson... After graduating in 1975...}}</ref> one of her classmates was comedian [[Ray Romano]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gliatto |first1=Tom |last2=Tomashoff |first2=Craig |title=Home Truths |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20142516,00.html |access-date=May 26, 2014 |newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=October 14, 1996 |quote=While a student at Hillcrest High (where The Nanny's Fran Drescher was a classmate), he performed in a comedy troupe at church. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528005204/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20142516,00.html |archive-date=May 28, 2014}}</ref> Drescher's character [[Fran Fine]] from ''[[The Nanny]]'' and Romano's character [[Ray Barone]] from ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' met at a 20th high school reunion on an episode of ''The Nanny''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0657352/ |title=The Nanny (1993–1999) : The Reunion Show |publisher=IMDb |access-date=November 7, 2016 |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015174324/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0657352/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Drescher and Jacobson attended [[Queens College, City University of New York]], but dropped out in their first year because "all the acting classes were filled." They then enrolled in [[cosmetology]] school.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Suzanne|first1=Gerber|title=The fear Fran Drescher had to face|magazine=[[Redbook]]|date=January 1996|volume=186|issue=3|page=60|issn=0034-2106}}</ref>