Lynda Carter: The Wonder Woman

Lynda Carter was once considered one of the most beautiful women in the western world. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Friends encouraged her to become a performer, she began studying voice and by the time she graduated, she was named her school's most talented student. She briefly attended Arizona State University, but dropped out to become a professional singer and tour the country with several rock groups. By 1972, Carter had returned home and entered a local beauty pageant. She won and went on to win the title of Miss World-USA. After that, Carter studied acting in New York. She started her career in television making guest appearances on such shows as Starsky and Hutch, but Carter did not become famous celebrity until winning the title role of Wonder Woman in 1975. The Wonder Woman shows originally started out as specials on the ABC network, but by 1976 had been turned into a series. The network canceled the tv show after one season and it was picked up by CBS and aired there for a few years. When the series ended, she had a somewhat successful career as a Las Vegas entertainer. She also continues to occasionally appear in television movies and as a series guest star.

Wonder Woman

Disregarding an unsold pilot film starring Cathy Lee Crosby as the title character, William Moulton Marston's celebrated comic-book super heroine Wonder Woman made her TV bow in the formidable person of Lynda Carter. Introduced on November 7, 1975, with the two-hour opener The New Original Wonder Woman, the ABC fantasy adventure series began its semi-weekly run on April 21, 1976. When Wonder Woman moved from ABC to CBS for its second season, quite a few changes were imposed upon its format. First, the title was altered to The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. Second, the tv series time frame was moved up from the 1940s to the 1970s, with Diana/Wonder Woman fighting contemporary baddies on behalf of the Inter-Agency Defense Command, headed by Joe Atkinson. In this revised form, The New Adventures of Wonder Woman survived on CBS until September 11, 1979.

Career

Lynda Carter began her career as a singer and toured extensively with various rock bands, appearing in venues from Las Vegas to the Catskills. After winning the Miss World USA crown in the 1970's, Carter embarked on her career as a TV Series Actress, and soon found success as the star of the hugely popular television series "Wonder Woman," a beloved show still being broadcast today in countries around the world. Other starring roles in television series followed, including "Partners in Crime" with Loni Anderson, and the frontier drama "Hawkeye."

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Francine "Fran" Joy Drescher of “The Nanny”

Fran was born on September 30, 1957 at Flushing, New York, USA. In early life, she became first runner-up for "Miss New York Teenager" in 1973. She attended Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens, where she met her future husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, whom she married in 1978, at age 21. Jacobson was Drescher's constant supporter in her show-business career, and he wrote, directed, and produced her signature television series, The Nanny.

The Nanny

Fran and Jacobson finally created her own television show, The Nanny. This tv series became one of the successful American situation comedies in the 1990's. The show aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, becoming an instant success, and Fran Drescher became an instant star.

The sitcom is a comedy show and love story. Where Fran Drescher played the role of a charming and bubbly woman as The Nanny named Fran Fine. A Jewish woman who had been fired from her job and left by her boyfriend and ended up by selling cosmetics in Manhattan.

Then, she got a job as a Nanny of Margaret "Maggie", Brighton, and Grace Sheffield. With her wit and her charm, she endeared herself to their widower father Maxwell Sheffield, British gentleman and a Broadway producer.

The show aired in six years and won a Rose d'Or and an Emmy. Fran Drescher also personally got two Golden Globe nominations for her performances.

Personal Subjects

Despite of her success, she encounter many trials in life. A brutal rape, cancer that went undiagnosed for years, divorcing her high school sweetheart and then finding love with a younger man. Although it was a traumatic experience, she found ways to turn it into something positive. She wrote a book of Cancer Schmancer, and the actress writes: "My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives."

In recent years, Drescher has made a return to television show both with leading and guest roles. In 2005, she returned to TV with the sitcom Living with Fran . In 2003, Fran appeared in episodes of the short lived sitcom, Good Morning, Miami. She also guest starred in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. And in 2007, Fran Drescher appeared in the US version of the Australian improvisational comedy series Thank God You're Here.

Fran Drescher became famous tv series actress because of her big break The Nanny.

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