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