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
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
as Nurse Mildred Ratched
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
as Director of Riverdale Cemetery
The Player (1992)
as Louise Fletcher
Cruel Intentions (1999)
as Helen Rosemond
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
as Dr. Granada
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
as Dr. Gene Tuskin
Best of the Best (1989)
as Mrs. Grady
Breast Men (1997)
as Mrs. Saunders
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
as Evelyn
Mulholland Falls (1996)
as Esther
Two Moon Junction (1988)
as Belle Delongpre
Virtuosity (1995)
as Elizabeth Deane
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
as Olivia Foxworth
On Deadly Ground (1994)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Blue Steel (1990)
as Shirley Turner
Gone Fishin' (1997)
as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Brainstorm (1983)
as Lillian Reynolds
Invaders from Mars (1986)
as Mrs. McKeltch
The Girl Gets Moe (1997)
as Gloria
Firestarter (1984)
as Norma Manders
A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
as Martha Wilson
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
as Aunt Eva
A Map of the World (1999)
as Nellie Goodwin
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lady in Red (1979)
as Anna Sage
High School High (1996)
as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
as Mrs. Kemler
Giorgino (1994)
as Innkeeper
Boorman and the Devil (2026)
as Self
The Cheap Detective (1978)
as Marlene DuChard
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Eileene Draygon
Strange Invaders (1983)
as Mrs. Benjamin
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self (uncredited)
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self (archive footage- One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest Nurse Ratched)
The Last Sin Eater (2007)
as Miz Elda
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
as Self
Completely Cuckoo (1997)
as Self
Cassadaga (2011)
as Claire
Edie & Pen (1996)
as Judge
Someone Else's Child (1994)
as Faye Maddox
Touched by a Killer (2001)
as Judge Erica Robertson
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
as Iva Doll
Return to Two Moon Junction (1994)
as Belle Delongpre
The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
as Agnes Carpenter
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004)
as Self
Mama Dracula (1980)
as Mama Dracula
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994)
as Dorothy O'Hara
Frankenstein and Me (1996)
as Mrs. Perdue
A Summer to Remember (1985)
as Dr. Dolly McKeever
Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990)
as Letti Gordon
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
as Self
Strange Behavior (1981)
as Barbara Moorehead
Thieves Like Us (1974)
as Mattie
Sins of the Mind (1997)
as Dr. Anna Bingham
Can Ellen Be Saved? (1974)
as Bea Lindsey
A Time to Remember (2003)
as Billy Calhoun
Married to a Stranger (1997)
as Nana, Megan's Mother
A Perfect Man (2013)
as Abbie
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
as Self
Aurora Borealis (2005)
as Ruth Shorter
Big Eden (2000)
as Grace Cornwell
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2009)
as Self
The Genesis Code (2010)
as Ellen Taylor
Clipping Adam (2004)
as Grammy
Silver Man (2000)
as Val
The Magician of Lublin (1979)
as Emilia
Shadowzone (1990)
as Dr. Erhardt
A Dad for Christmas (2006)
as Glennie
Manna from Heaven (2002)
as Mother Superior
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2025)
as Self
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2011)
as Self
The Contract (1999)
as Grandma Collins
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (1978)
as Sally Kimball
Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
as Bonnie
Russian Roulette (1975)
as Midge
Tryst (1994)
as Maggie
Johnny 316 (1998)
as Sally's Mother
J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
as Annie M. Hoover
Tollbooth (1994)
as Lillian
Very Mean Men (2000)
as Katherine Mulroney
Of Two Minds (2012)
as Aunt Will
Second Serve (1986)
as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
Natural Enemies (1979)
as Miriam Steward
Blind Vision (1992)
as Miss Taylor
The Stepford Husbands (1996)
as Miriam Benton
Nobody's Fool (1986)
as Pearl
Time Served (1999)
as Warden Mildred Reinecke
Love Kills (1999)
as Alena Heiss
Talk to Me (1984)
as Mother
Heartless (1997)
as Lydia McGuffy
Finding Home (2003)
as Esther
Overnight Sensation (1984)
as Evie Peregrine
The Lucky Star (1982)
as Loes Bakker
After Image (2001)
as Aunt Cora
Dancing in Twilight (2005)
as Evelyn
Islands (1984)
as Maureen