Louise Fletcher

2022 - 9 - 24

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Louise Fletcher, Oscar-winning actor from One Flew Over the ... (ABC News)

Louise Fletcher, the US actor who won an Oscar in 1976 for her performance as villain Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, dies aged 88.

She had survived two bouts with breast cancer. - The 88-year-old was most famous for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Louise Fletcher, the US actor who won an Oscar in 1976 for her performance as villain Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, has died aged 88.

Louise Fletcher: Oscar-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ... (The Guardian)

Fletcher, who won Academy Award for her role of Nurse Ratched in 1975 film, dies, aged 88.

The actor won the Academy Award for best leading actress in 1976 for her portrayal of ruthless nurse Mildred Ratched in Miloš Forman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel of the same name. Fletcher divorced Bick in 1977 and is survived by her sons, according to the Associated Press. Her portrayal of the character in the film was so memorable, Netflix made a series called Ratched in 2020, which tells the origin story of the nurse-turned-villain.

Louise Fletcher: Oscar winning actress of One Flew Over The ... (Edinburgh News)

Louise Fletcher, one of cinema's iconic villains, has died at the age of 88.

[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine), Joan of Arcadia and the US adaptation of [Shameless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shameless_(American_TV_series)), opposite [William H Macy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy). [Flowers In The Attic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_in_the_Attic) in 1987. [Exorcist II: The Heretic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcist_II:_The_Heretic), while in the 80s she could be seen in the [Stephen King](https://stephenking.com/) adaptation of Firestarts, alongside Drew Barrymore. [Academy Award for Best Actress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress) at the 1976 Academy Awards, alongside earning a [BAFTA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards) and [Golden Globe](https://www.goldenglobes.com/) for the role in the same year. [Nurse Mildred Ratched](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_Ratched) in Stanley Kubrick’s film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest - an adaptation of the [Ken Kasey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kesey) novel of the same name. [Louise Fletcher](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001221/), the Academy award winning actress in Stanley Kubrick’s classic [One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_(film)), has died at the age of 88.

Louise Fletcher: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest's Nurse Ratched ... (BBC News)

Leading actresses including Angela Lansbury and Ellen Burstyn had all turned down the part. Set and filmed in a psychiatric hospital in Oregon in the US, One ...

Fletcher was a relative unknown when picked to play Nurse Ratched in 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She is survived by two sons, John and Andrew. Fletcher won an Oscar in 1976 for her role, part of a rare clean sweep that saw the film also bag Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay.

Veteran Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher passes away at 88 ... (Lagatar English)

Lagatar24 Desk. New Delhi, Sept 24: Veteran Hollywood actress Louise Fletcher passed away at the age of 88. The Oscar-winning actress passed away at her ...

She spoke in sign language during her acceptance speech for the Academy Award, making it one of Oscar’s most enduring moments. She started her acting career in the late 1950s with TV shows like 77 Sunset Strip, Lawman, Bat Masterson, Maverick, and The Untouchables. Over the course of her acting career, Louise appeared in various television shows and motion pictures.

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' star Louise Fletcher dies aged 88 (NBC News)

Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” set a new.

Her post-“Cuckoo’s Nest” films included “Mama Dracula,” “Dead Kids” and “The Boy Who Could Fly.” It was those latter studies that convinced Fletcher she wanted to act. Estelle Louise Fletcher was born the second of four children on July 22, 1934, in Birmingham. Fletcher signed on for “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” a misconceived sequel to the landmark original. “I was the last person cast,” she recalled in a 2004 interview. Nicholson directed and starred in “Goin’ South,” generally regarded as one of his worst films.