CancerSchmancer!

CancerSchmancer!

Hollywood On Productions: Janet Donovan and Brendan Kownacki
Video and Interview credit: Brendan Kownacki

Actress Fran Drescher, best known for her role as the sarcastic star of the 90’s hit The Nanny, was in Washington D.C. this week taking on a much different role – judge and advocate.

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Drescher, who currently stars on TVLand’s Happily Divorced, was one of the celebrity guest judges at the University of Maryland’s public policy school’s second annual Do Good Challenge, a philanthropic contest.

While in town, she stopped to talk about her own advocacy and philanthropy leading her group Cancer Schmancer and how she has taken her message globally as a Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women’s Health Issues for the U.S. State Department. Her passion is unmistakable as a cancer survivor herself and her spirit is infectioous, making you want to get involved.

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John McCaslin with Fran Drescher

Hollywood on the Potomac chatted with Fran at a luncheon sponsored by Morgan Stanley and The University of Maryland Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at The Ritz-Carlton in Georgetown.
 
Here’s Fran, in her own words:

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