Louise Fletcher

Actor Jul 22 (died age 88) Birmingham, Alabama, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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 (19…

Known For

Film

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Nurse Mildred Ratched

Film

Cruel Intentions

Helen Rosemond

Film

The Player

Louise Fletcher

Film

Firestarter

Norma Manders

Film

Best of the Best

Mrs. Grady

Film

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film

Blue Steel

Shirley Turner

Film

2 Days in the Valley

Evelyn

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (93)

Boorman and the Devil

2025

as Self

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

2022

as Self

Grizzly II: Revenge

2020

as Eileene Draygon

3.1

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Perfect Man

as Abbie

Of Two Minds

as Aunt Will

Cassadaga

as Claire

Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Self

The Genesis Code

as Ellen Taylor

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

2009

as Self

6.5

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

as Self

The Last Sin Eater

as Miz Elda

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

as Martha Wilson

A Dad for Christmas

as Glennie

Fat Rose and Squeaky

as Bonnie

Aurora Borealis

as Ruth Shorter

Dancing in Twilight

as Evelyn

Clipping Adam

as Grammy

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

as Self

Finding Home

as Esther

A Time to Remember

as Billy Calhoun

Manna from Heaven

as Mother Superior

Touched by a Killer

2001

as Judge Erica Robertson

After Image

as Aunt Cora

Big Eden

as Grace Cornwell

Very Mean Men

as Katherine Mulroney

Silver Man

as Val

More Dogs Than Bones

as Iva Doll

Cruel Intentions

as Helen Rosemond

The Contract

as Grandma Collins

Love Kills

as Alena Heiss

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

as Aunt Eva

6.8

Time Served

1999

as Warden Mildred Reinecke

A Map of the World

as Nellie Goodwin

Johnny 316

as Sally's Mother

Married to a Stranger

1997

as Nana, Megan's Mother

The Girl Gets Moe

as Gloria

Gone Fishin'

as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

Breast Men

as Mrs. Saunders

Completely Cuckoo

as Self

Heartless

as Lydia McGuffy

Sins of the Mind

as Dr. Anna Bingham

Mulholland Falls

as Esther

2 Days in the Valley

as Evelyn

High School High

as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle

Edie & Pen

as Judge

Frankenstein and Me

as Mrs. Perdue

The Stepford Husbands

as Miriam Benton

Virtuosity

as Elizabeth Deane

On Deadly Ground

as Bartender (uncredited)

5.2

Giorgino

1994

as Innkeeper

6.4

Return to Two Moon Junction

as Belle Delongpre

Tollbooth

as Lillian

Tryst

as Maggie

Someone Else's Child

as Faye Maddox

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

as Dorothy O'Hara

The Player

as Louise Fletcher

Blind Vision

as Miss Taylor

Blue Steel

as Shirley Turner

Shadowzone

as Dr. Erhardt

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

1990

as Letti Gordon

5.2

The Karen Carpenter Story

as Agnes Carpenter

Best of the Best

as Mrs. Grady

Two Moon Junction

as Belle Delongpre

Flowers in the Attic

as Olivia Foxworth

J. Edgar Hoover

as Annie M. Hoover

The Boy Who Could Fly

as Dr. Granada

Invaders from Mars

as Mrs. McKeltch

Nobody's Fool

as Pearl

Second Serve

as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop

4.7

A Summer to Remember

1985

as Dr. Dolly McKeever

Firestarter

as Norma Manders

Islands

as Maureen

Talk to Me

1984

as Mother

Overnight Sensation

as Evie Peregrine

Brainstorm

as Lillian Reynolds

Strange Invaders

as Mrs. Benjamin

The Lucky Star

as Loes Bakker

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

as Self

Strange Behavior

as Barbara Moorehead

Mama Dracula

as Mama Dracula

The Magician of Lublin

as Emilia

Natural Enemies

as Miriam Steward

The Lady in Red

as Anna Sage

The Cheap Detective

as Marlene DuChard

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

1978

as Sally Kimball

1.0

Exorcist II: The Heretic

1977

as Dr. Gene Tuskin

4.5

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

1976

as Self

6.0

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

as Nurse Mildred Ratched

Russian Roulette

as Midge

Thieves Like Us

as Mattie

Can Ellen Be Saved?

as Bea Lindsey

A Gathering of Eagles

1963

as Mrs. Kemler

5.7

Television (42)

Girlboss

as Rosie

Shameless

as Peggy Gallagher

Private Practice

as Frances Wilder

Heroes

as Dr. Coolidge

Wonderfalls

as Vivian Caldwell

Joan of Arcadia

as Eva Garrison

Brimstone

as Evelyn McNabb

Fantasy Island

as Doris Leeman

The Practice

as Judge N. Swanson

7th Heaven

as Mrs. Wagner

Profiler

as Miriam Newquay

VR.5

as Mrs. Nora Bloom

as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick

7.8

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Vedek Winn

The Fire Next Time

as Sarge

In a Child's Name

as Jean Taylor

Dream On

as Joanna

Tales from the Crypt

as Agent

Worlds Beyond

as Karen Earl

The Twilight Zone

as Dr. Cline

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Hitchhiker

as Mother Birch

Dinah!

as Self

Medical Center

Omnibus

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Tate

The Untouchables

as Eloise

One Step Beyond

as Jeannie

The Troubleshooters

as Dellie

Bat Masterson

as Sarah Lou Conant

77 Sunset Strip

Lawman

Yancy Derringer

as Miss Nellie / Alithea

Perry Mason

as Gladys Doyle

Maverick

Wagon Train

as Elizabeth

Sugarfoot

as Julie Frazer

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Aithra McLowery

The Millionaire

as Holly

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee