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Louise Fletcher

Television Actress / Film Actress / Actress | * 07/22/1934 († 88, 09/23/2022) | Birmingham, Alabama (United States of America (USA))
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Estelle Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the antagonist Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which earned her numerous accolades, including the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Fletcher had a recurring role as the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–99). 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). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

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A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who ru ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

R

1975 | 4.2/5 | 2h 13min
Drama
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After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited o ...

Flowers in the Attic

R

1987 | 3.1/5 | 1h 33min
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
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Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kath ...

Cruel Intentions

R

1999 | 3.4/5 | 1h 38min
Drama, Romance / Love
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The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of mo ...

Virtuosity

R

1995 | 2.8/5 | 1h 46min
Action, Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller
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At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types ...

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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1993 | 3.9/5 | 45min per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Louise Fletcher

Academy Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Mary Pickford Award Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
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Movies with Louise Fletcher as Actress(82)

as Abbie2013 A Perfect Man
as Aunt Will2012 Of Two Minds
2011 Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Claire2011 Cassadaga
as Ellen Taylor2010 The Genesis Code
as herself2009 Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You…
as Miz Elda2007 The Last Sin Eater
as Martha Wilson2007 A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2006 A Dad for Christmas
as Bonnie2006 Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Evelyn2005 Dancing in Twilight
as Ruth Shorter2005 Aurora Borealis
as Grammy2004 Clipping Adam
as Billy Calhoun2003 A Time to Remember
as Esther2003 Finding Home
as Mother Superior2002 Manna from Heaven
as Aunt Cora2001 After Image
as Judge Erica Robertson2001 Touched by a Killer
as Grace Cornwell2000 Big Eden
as Iva Doll2000 More Dogs Than Bones
as Katherine Mulroney2000 Very Mean Men
as Aunt Eva1999 The Devil's Arithmetic
as Nellie Goodwin1999 A Map of the World
as Helen Rosemond1999 Cruel Intentions
as Grandma Collins1999 The Contract
as Warden Mildred Reinecke1999 Time Served
as Sally's Mother1998 Johnny 316
as Gloria1997 The Girl Gets Moe
as herself1997 Completely Cuckoo
as Lydia McGuffy1997 Heartless
as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)1997 Gone Fishin'
as Mrs. Saunders1997 Breast Men
as Dr. Anna Bingham1997 Sins of the Mind
as Judge1996 Edie & Pen
as Mrs. Perdue1996 Frankenstein and Me
as Miriam Benton1996 The Stepford Husbands
as Evelyn1996 2 Days in the Valley
as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle1996 High School High
as Esther1996 Mulholland Falls
as Elizabeth Deane1995 Virtuosity
as Belle Delongpre1995 Return to Two Moon Junction
as Lillian1994 Tollbooth
as Maggie1994 Tryst
as Bartender (uncredited)1994 On Deadly Ground
as Faye Maddox1994 Someone Else's Child
as Dorothy O'Hara1994 The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
as Innkeeper1994 Giorgino
as Miss Taylor1992 Blind Vision
as herself1992 The Player
as Dr. Erhardt1990 Shadowzone
as Shirley Turner1990 Blue Steel
as Letti Gordon1990 Nightmare on the 13th Floor
as Mrs. Grady1989 Best of the Best
as Agnes Carpenter1989 The Karen Carpenter Story
as Belle Delongpre1988 Two Moon Junction
as Olivia Foxworth1987 Flowers in the Attic
as Mrs. McKeltch1986 Invaders from Mars
as Pearl1986 Nobody's Fool
as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop1986 Second Serve
as Dr. Dolly McKeever1985 A Summer to Remember
as Norma Manders1984 Firestarter
as Riverdale Cemetery Director (uncredited)1984 Once Upon a Time in America
as Mother1984 Talk to Me
as Evie Peregrine1984 Overnight Sensation
as Lillian Reynolds1983 Brainstorm
as Eileene Draygon1983 Grizzly II: Revenge
as Mrs. Benjamin1983 Strange Invaders
as herself1981 Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Barbara Moorehead1981 Strange Behavior
as Loes Bakker1980 The Lucky Star
as Mama Dracula1980 Mama Dracula
as Miriam Steward1979 Natural Enemies
as Anna Sage1979 The Lady in Red
as Emilia1979 The Magician of Lublin
as Sally Kimball1978 Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
as Marlene DuChard1978 The Cheap Detective
as Dr. Gene Tuskin1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Midge1975 Russian Roulette
as Nurse Mildred Ratched1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Mattie1974 Thieves Like Us
as Bea Lindsey1974 Can Ellen Be Saved?
as Mrs. Kemler1963 A Gathering of Eagles

TV Shows/Series with Louise Fletcher as Actress(33)

as Peggy Gallagher2011 Shameless
as Dr. Coolidge2006 Heroes
as Vivian Caldwell2004 Wonderfalls
2003 Joan of Arcadia
as Doris Leeman1998 Fantasy Island
1998 Brimstone
1997 The Practice
1996 Profiler
as Mrs. Wagner1996 7th Heaven
1995 VR.5
as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick1994 ER
as Sarge1993 The Fire Next Time
as Vedek Winn1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Kai Winn1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Jean Taylor1991 In a Child's Name
1990 Dream On
1989 Tales from the Crypt
1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Mother Birch1983 The Hitchhiker
1969 Medical Center
1960 Tate
as Jeannie1959 One Step Beyond
1958 77 Sunset Strip
as Sarah Lou Conant1958 Bat Masterson
as Miss Nellie / Alithea1958 Yancy Derringer
1958 Lawman
as Gladys Doyle1957 Perry Mason
as Susan Connolly1957 Perry Mason
1957 Maverick
as Julie Frazer1957 Sugarfoot
as Holly1955 The Millionaire
1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Full Name: Louise Fletcher
Born: Sunday, 07/22 1934 (July) in Birmingham, Alabama (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 09/23 2022 (September) in Montdurausse (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language), French (FR)
Educated at: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ramsay High School
Other names for Louise Fletcher (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Estelle Louise Fletcher"
"루이즈 플레쳐"
Louise Fletcher frequently works together with these people:
Harry Harvey (17x, Actor)
H.M. Wynant (16x, Actor)
William Schallert (15x, Actor)
Paula Raymond (13x, Actress)
Denver Pyle (13x, Actor)
Lisa Gaye (13x, Actress)
Don Barry (13x, Actor)
Jean Willes (12x, Actress)
Frank Ferguson (12x, Actor)
Jon Lormer (12x, Actor)
Richard Reeves (12x, Actor)
Bill Condon (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2283, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/23/2024