continues her vain attempts to win Maxwell over and eject Fran from the house.
THE NANNY WEDDING DRESS SERIES
took a disliking to Fran as soon as she came to the house and throughout the series she calls her Nanny Fine.Īs Fran and her large family integrate themselves into the Sheffield household, C.C. noticed Fran coming down the staircase in a lovely red dress, and she asked, distastefully, "What's that?", and Maxwell's slightly stunned reply was, "That's the Nanny." C.C. In her first appearance, whilst they were at a party to get backers for his new play, C.C. takes pride and enjoyment in creating situations of conflict in the household and so in the show is always referred to as being cold-hearted and being seen as the villainess. is near or tires to be picked up as Chester makes a growl noise.Ĭ.C. C.C.'s Pomeranian dog, Chester, adores Fran, but growls whenever C.C. She always refers to Fran as "Nanny Fine", even after Fran is wed to Maxwell and becomes the new lady of the house. immediately views her as a threat to Maxwell's affection. When Fran Fine (played by show creator Fran Drescher) comes to work as the new nanny, C.C. Her parents are divorced, although her father Stewart is portrayed as amiable. is depressed and spends a fortune on therapy sessions. Due to her lack of boyfriends and fixation on Maxwell, there are hints that C.C. One of C.C.'s characteristic traits is that she is perennially unlucky in romance, which deteriorated so far that the bartender at the local singles bar knows her by name, and that she tries online dating (which fails when her "man" is revealed to be Maxwell's son Brighton). He has despised her from the start, and frequently makes quips at her expense. Relationship with Niles and Friendship with Fran Ĭ.C.'s main opponent is Niles (played by Daniel Davis), the Sheffields' butler. Following her return, she and Niles begin to have feelings for each other.Ĭ.C. After Fran and Max get married C.C loses the plot and has to be sent away for a month (to give birth to her daughter) she comes back looking drop dead gorgeous. is typically portrayed as egocentric, mean-spirited, drinks a lot, tactless and uncaring, particularly shown in how she never remembers the names of Maxwell's children Maggie Sheffield, Brighton Sheffield, and Gracie Sheffield, this is a running gag throughout the series. A running joke is Maxwell's seeming obliviousness to C.C.'s overt romantic advances. She harbors an intense crush on Maxwell and tries to move in on him after his first wife passes away. is the business partner of Broadway Producer Maxwell Sheffield (played by Charles Shaughnessy), working together with him for almost 20 years.