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
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
as Nurse Mildred Ratched
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
as Dr. Granada
Cruel Intentions (1999)
as Helen Rosemond
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
as Dr. Gene Tuskin
The Player (1992)
as Louise Fletcher
Best of the Best (1989)
as Mrs. Grady
On Deadly Ground (1994)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Blue Steel (1990)
as Shirley Turner
Virtuosity (1995)
as Elizabeth Deane
Mulholland Falls (1996)
as Esther
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
as Evelyn
Firestarter (1984)
as Norma Manders
Brainstorm (1983)
as Lillian Reynolds
The Cheap Detective (1978)
as Marlene DuChard
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
as Olivia Foxworth
Two Moon Junction (1988)
as Belle Delongpre
Gone Fishin' (1997)
as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
as Mrs. McKeltch
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self (archive footage- One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest Nurse Ratched)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thieves Like Us (1974)
as Mattie
Breast Men (1997)
as Mrs. Saunders
High School High (1996)
as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
Mama Dracula (1980)
as Mama Dracula
Giorgino (1994)
as Innkeeper
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020)
as Eileene Draygon
A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
as Martha Wilson
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
as Mrs. Kemler
The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)
as Aunt Eva
A Map of the World (1999)
as Nellie Goodwin
Strange Behavior (1981)
as Barbara Moorehead
Return to Two Moon Junction (1994)
as Belle Delongpre
Big Eden (2000)
as Grace Cornwell
Edie & Pen (1996)
as Judge
Strange Invaders (1983)
as Mrs. Benjamin
Cassadaga (2011)
as Claire
The Lady in Red (1979)
as Anna Sage
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2009)
as Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… (2009)
as Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
as Self
Frankenstein and Me (1996)
as Mrs. Perdue
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004)
as Self
Clipping Adam (2004)
as Grammy
Very Mean Men (2000)
as Katherine Mulroney
Love Kills (1999)
as Alena Heiss
The Last Sin Eater (2007)
as Miz Elda
Manna from Heaven (2002)
as Mother Superior
More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
as Iva Doll
J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
as Annie M. Hoover
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994)
as Dorothy O'Hara
The Girl Gets Moe (1997)
as Gloria
The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self (uncredited)
Completely Cuckoo (1997)
as Self
Russian Roulette (1975)
as Midge
Aurora Borealis (2005)
as Ruth Shorter
Second Serve (1986)
as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
Shadowzone (1990)
as Dr. Erhardt
Of Two Minds (2012)
as Aunt Will
Silver Man (2000)
as Val
The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
as Agnes Carpenter
A Perfect Man (2013)
as Abbie
Touched by a Killer (2001)
as Judge Erica Robertson
A Summer to Remember (1985)
as Dr. Dolly McKeever
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
as Self
Johnny 316 (1998)
as Sally's Mother
Time Served (1999)
as Warden Mildred Reinecke
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2011)
as Self
Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990)
as Letti Gordon
Natural Enemies (1979)
as Miriam Steward
The Contract (1999)
as Grandma Collins
Nobody's Fool (1986)
as Pearl
The Magician of Lublin (1979)
as Emilia
A Dad for Christmas (2006)
as Glennie
Finding Home (2003)
as Esther
Tryst (1994)
as Maggie
The Lucky Star (1982)
as Loes Bakker
The Stepford Husbands (1996)
as Miriam Benton
Someone Else's Child (1994)
as Faye Maddox
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022)
as Self
Tollbooth (1994)
as Lillian
The Genesis Code (2010)
as Ellen Taylor
Blind Vision (1992)
as Miss Taylor
Boorman and the Devil (2026)
as Self
Sins of the Mind (1997)
as Dr. Anna Bingham
Overnight Sensation (1984)
as Evie Peregrine
Married to a Stranger (1997)
as Nana, Megan's Mother
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (1978)
as Sally Kimball
Talk to Me (1984)
as Mother
Heartless (1997)
as Lydia McGuffy
After Image (2001)
as Aunt Cora
Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
as Bonnie
Can Ellen Be Saved? (1974)
as Bea Lindsey
A Time to Remember (2003)
as Billy Calhoun
Islands (1984)
as Maureen
Dancing in Twilight (2005)
as Evelyn