Louise Fletcher
- Acting
- July 22, 1934 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- September 23, 2022
Biography
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
Filmography
- Boorman and the Devil · Self
- Breakdown: 1975 · Self
- A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story · Self
- Grizzly II: Revenge · Eileene Draygon
- Girlboss · Rosie
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
- A Perfect Man · Abbie
- Of Two Minds · Aunt Will
- Cassadaga · Claire
- Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Self
- Shameless · Peggy Gallagher
- The Genesis Code · Ellen Taylor
- Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… · Self
- Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Self
- A Dennis the Menace Christmas · Martha Wilson
- Private Practice · Frances Wilder
- The Last Sin Eater · Miz Elda
- A Dad for Christmas · Glennie
- Heroes · Dr. Coolidge
- Fat Rose and Squeaky · Bonnie
- Aurora Borealis · Ruth Shorter
- Dancing in Twilight · Evelyn
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild · Self
- Clipping Adam · Grammy
- Wonderfalls · Vivian Caldwell
- A Time to Remember · Billy Calhoun
- Finding Home · Esther
- Joan of Arcadia · Eva Garrison
- Manna from Heaven · Mother Superior
- After Image · Aunt Cora
- Touched by a Killer · Judge Erica Robertson
- More Dogs Than Bones · Iva Doll
- Very Mean Men · Katherine Mulroney
- Big Eden · Grace Cornwell
- Silver Man · Val
- The Contract · Grandma Collins
- Love Kills · Alena Heiss
- A Map of the World · Nellie Goodwin
- Time Served · Warden Mildred Reinecke
- The Devil's Arithmetic · Aunt Eva
- Cruel Intentions · Helen Rosemond
- Brimstone · Evelyn McNabb
- Fantasy Island · Doris Leeman
- Johnny 316 · Sally's Mother
- Completely Cuckoo · Self
- Breast Men · Mrs. Saunders
- Heartless · Aunt Lydia McGuffy
- Married to a Stranger · Nana, Megan's Mother
- The Girl Gets Moe · Gloria
- Sins of the Mind · Dr. Anna Bingham
- Gone Fishin' · Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
- The Practice · Judge N. Swanson
- High School High · Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
- Profiler · Miriam Newquay
- 2 Days in the Valley · Evelyn
- 7th Heaven · Mrs. Wagner
- Frankenstein and Me · Mrs. Perdue
- The Stepford Husbands · Miriam Benton
- Edie & Pen · Judge
- Mulholland Falls · Esther
- Virtuosity · Elizabeth Deane
- VR.5 · Mrs. Nora Bloom
- Someone Else's Child · Faye Maddox
- Tryst · Maggie
- Tollbooth · Lillian
- Giorgino · Innkeeper
- The Haunting of Seacliff Inn · Dorothy O'Hara
- ER · Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
- Return to Two Moon Junction · Belle Delongpre
- On Deadly Ground · Bartender (uncredited)
- The Fire Next Time · Sarge
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · Vedek Winn, Kai Winn
- Blind Vision · Miss Taylor
- The Player · Louise Fletcher
- In a Child's Name · Jean Taylor
- Nightmare on the 13th Floor · Letti Gordon
- Dream On · Joanna
- Blue Steel · Shirley Turner
- Shadowzone · Dr. Erhardt
- Best of the Best · Mrs. Grady