Peter Marc Jacobson - Biography

Peter Marc Jacobson (born October 27, 1957; Flushing, Queens, New York) is an American television writer, director and producer, and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the popular sitcom The Nanny which he created and wrote with his then wife actress Fran Drescher, who was the star of the series.

Selected career highlights

Producer

• What I Like About You (consulting producer; 18 episodes, 2004–2005), (co-executive producer; 16 episodes, 2005–2006)
• The Nanny (executive producer; 122 episodes, 1993–1999), (co-executive producer; 23 episodes, 1993–1994)
• Happily Divorced (2011)

Writer

• What I Like About You (5 episodes, 2004–2006)
• The Nanny (145 episodes, 1993–1999)
• Who's the Boss? (1984; unknown number of episodes)

Actor

• Happily Divorced (1 episode, 2011)
• The Nanny (3 episodes, 1994–1999)
• Matlock (2 episodes, 1990–1993)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1 episode, 1991)
• Babes (1 episode, 1991)
• Murphy Brown (1 episode, 1990)
• Booker (1 episode, 1990)

Director

• The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember (2004)

Marriage

Jacobson and Fran Drescher married in 1978, when both were 21 years old. They moved to Los Angeles to launch their careers. In January 1985, two armed robbers broke into Drescher and Jacobson's Los Angeles apartment, where Jacobson was assaulted and forced to watch his wife's rape.

Divorce

Jacobson and Drescher divorced in 1999, after being separated for a number of years. The couple had no children. He came out as gay to her after their marriage ended. The couple developed the 2011 television series Happily Divorced for TV Land based on their lives.

External links

• Film Reference bio
• New York Times career review