Louise Fletcher
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Louise Fletcher (July 21, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress. She was best known for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. She was also well-known for her recurring role as the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–99), as well as for her role as Helen Rosemond in the movie Cruel Intentions (1999). She was nominated for two Emmy Awards for her roles in the television series Picket Fences (1996) and Joan of Arcadia (2004). Her final role was as Rosie in the Netflix series Girlboss (2017).
Known for
Credits
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
as Director of Riverdale Cemetery
Cruel Intentions (1999)
as Helen Rosemond
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
as Nurse Mildred Ratched
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
as Dr. Granada
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
as Dr. Gene Tuskin
The Player (1992)
as Louise Fletcher
Virtuosity (1995)
as Elizabeth Deane
On Deadly Ground (1994)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Two Moon Junction (1988)
as Belle Delongpre
Mama Dracula (1980)
as Mama Dracula
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
as Evelyn
Firestarter (1984)
as Norma Manders
Blue Steel (1990)
as Shirley Turner
Mulholland Falls (1996)
as Esther
Brainstorm (1983)
as Lillian Reynolds
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
as Olivia Foxworth
Best of the Best (1989)
as Mrs. Grady
Cassadaga (2011)
as Claire
Invaders from Mars (1986)
as Mrs. McKeltch
The Cheap Detective (1978)
as Marlene DuChard
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
as Aunt Eva
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
as Mrs. Kemler
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Eileene Draygon
High School High (1996)
as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
Giorgino (1994)
as Innkeeper
Clipping Adam (2004)
as Grammy
Gone Fishin' (1997)
as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
Return to Two Moon Junction (1994)
as Belle Delongpre
Someone Else's Child (1994)
as Faye Maddox
The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
as Agnes Carpenter
Manna from Heaven (2002)
as Mother Superior
A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
as Martha Wilson
The Lady in Red (1979)
as Anna Sage
Completely Cuckoo (1997)
as Self
Frankenstein and Me (1996)
as Mrs. Perdue
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
as Iva Doll
Strange Invaders (1983)
as Mrs. Benjamin
A Map of the World (1999)
as Nellie Goodwin
The Contract (1999)
as Grandma Collins
Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990)
as Letti Gordon
Aurora Borealis (2005)
as Ruth Shorter
Second Serve (1986)
as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
The Magician of Lublin (1979)
as Emilia
Strange Behavior (1981)
as Barbara Moorehead
Nobody's Fool (1986)
as Pearl
A Perfect Man (2013)
as Abbie
The Stepford Husbands (1996)
as Miriam Benton
Sins of the Mind (1997)
as Dr. Anna Bingham
Johnny 316 (1998)
as Sally's Mother
Shadowzone (1990)
as Dr. Erhardt
A Summer to Remember (1985)
as Dr. Dolly McKeever
Touched by a Killer (2001)
as Judge Erica Robertson
Natural Enemies (1979)
as Miriam Steward
Big Eden (2000)
as Grace Cornwell
The Girl Gets Moe (1997)
as Gloria
Edie & Pen (1996)
as Judge
Time Served (1999)
as Warden Mildred Reinecke
J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
as Annie M. Hoover
Russian Roulette (1975)
as Midge
Breast Men (1997)
as Mrs. Saunders
Tollbooth (1994)
as Lillian
Very Mean Men (2000)
as Katherine Mulroney
Boorman and the Devil (2025)
as Self
Love Kills (1999)
as Alena Heiss
Of Two Minds (2012)
as Aunt Will
Heartless (1997)
as Lydia McGuffy
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
as Self
Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
as Bonnie
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
as Self
Talk to Me (1984)
as Mother
Overnight Sensation (1984)
as Evie Peregrine
Finding Home (2003)
as Esther
The Last Sin Eater (2007)
as Miz Elda
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
as Self
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004)
as Self
A Dad for Christmas (2006)
as Glennie
Dancing in Twilight (2005)
as Evelyn
Thieves Like Us (1974)
as Mattie
Silver Man (2000)
as Val
The Genesis Code (2010)
as Ellen Taylor
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994)
as Dorothy O'Hara
Blind Vision (1992)
as Miss Taylor
Married to a Stranger (1997)
as Nana, Megan's Mother
A Time to Remember (2003)
as Billy Calhoun
The Lucky Star (1982)
as Loes Bakker
Can Ellen Be Saved? (1974)
as Bea Lindsey
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2009)
as Self
Tryst (1994)
as Maggie
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022)
as Self
Islands (1984)
as Maureen
After Image (2001)
as Aunt Cora
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2011)
as Self
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (1978)
as Sally Kimball