Louise Fletcher

female

Born on July 22, 1934 (91 years old)

Passed Away on September 23, 2022

From Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Known for Acting

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).

Cast Credits

2025
- Boorman and the Devil
  as
  Self
  2025
2022
- A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
  as
  Self
  2022
2020
- Grizzly II: Revenge
  as
  Eileene Draygon
  2020
2017
- Girlboss
  as
  Rosie
  2017
2014
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
  as
  Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
  2014
2013
- A Perfect Man
  as
  Abbie
  2013
2012
- Of Two Minds
  as
  Aunt Will
  2012
2011
- Cassadaga
  as
  Claire
  2011
- Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  as
  Self
  2011
- Shameless
  as
  Peggy Gallagher
  2011
2010
- The Genesis Code
  as
  Ellen Taylor
  2010
2009
- Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
  as
  Self
  2009
- Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  as
  Self
  2009
2007
- A Dennis the Menace Christmas
  as
  Martha Wilson
  2007
- The Last Sin Eater
  as
  Miz Elda
  2007
- Private Practice
  as
  Frances Wilder
  2007
2006
- A Dad for Christmas
  as
  Glennie
  2006
- Fat Rose and Squeaky
  as
  Bonnie
  2006
- Heroes
  as
  Dr. Coolidge
  2006
2005
- Aurora Borealis
  as
  Ruth Shorter
  2005
- Dancing in Twilight
  as
  Evelyn
  2005
2004
- Clipping Adam
  as
  Grammy
  2004
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
  as
  Self
  2004
- Wonderfalls
  as
  Vivian Caldwell
  2004
2003
- Finding Home
  as
  Esther
  2003
- A Time to Remember
  as
  Billy Calhoun
  2003
- Joan of Arcadia
  as
  Eva Garrison
  2003
2002
- Manna from Heaven
  as
  Mother Superior
  2002
2001
- After Image
  as
  Aunt Cora
  2001
- Touched by a Killer
  as
  Judge Erica Robertson
  2001
2000
- Big Eden
  as
  Grace Cornwell
  2000
- Silver Man
  as
  Val
  2000
- Very Mean Men
  as
  Katherine Mulroney
  2000
- More Dogs Than Bones
  as
  Iva Doll
  2000
1999
- Cruel Intentions
  as
  Helen Rosemond
  1999
- Time Served
  as
  Warden Mildred Reinecke
  1999
- A Map of the World
  as
  Nellie Goodwin
  1999
- Love Kills
  as
  Alena Heiss
  1999
- The Contract
  as
  Grandma Collins
  1999
- The Devil's Arithmetic
  as
  Aunt Eva
  1999
1998
- Johnny 316
  as
  Sally's Mother
  1998
- Brimstone
  as
  Evelyn McNabb
  1998
- Fantasy Island
  as
  Doris Leeman
  1998
1997
- Heartless
  as
  Lydia McGuffy
  1997
- The Girl Gets Moe
  as
  Gloria
  1997
- Completely Cuckoo
  as
  Self
  1997
- no image
  Married to a Stranger
  as
  Nana, Megan's Mother
  1997
- Breast Men
  as
  Mrs. Saunders
  1997
- Gone Fishin'
  as
  Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
  1997
- Sins of the Mind
  as
  Dr. Anna Bingham
  1997
- The Practice
  as
  Judge N. Swanson
  1997
1996
- Frankenstein and Me
  as
  Mrs. Perdue
  1996
- Mulholland Falls
  as
  Esther
  1996
- High School High
  as
  Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
  1996
- 2 Days in the Valley
  as
  Evelyn
  1996
- The Stepford Husbands
  as
  Miriam Benton
  1996
- Edie & Pen
  as
  Judge
  1996
- Profiler
  as
  Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother (uncredited)
  1996
- 7th Heaven
  as
  Mrs. Wagner
  1996
- Profiler
  as
  Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother
  1996
1995
- Virtuosity
  as
  Elizabeth Deane
  1995
- VR.5
  as
  Mrs. Nora Bloom
  1995
1994
- Tryst
  as
  Maggie
  1994
- Giorgino
  as
  Innkeeper
  1994
- The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
  as
  Dorothy O'Hara
  1994
- no image
  Someone Else's Child
  as
  Faye Maddox
  1994
- Return to Two Moon Junction
  as
  Belle Delongpre
  1994
- no image
  Tollbooth
  as
  Lillian
  1994
- On Deadly Ground
  as
  Bartender (uncredited)
  1994
- ER
  as
  Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
  1994
1993
- The Fire Next Time
  as
  Sarge
  1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  as
  Vedek Winn
  1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  as
  Kai Winn
  1993
1992
- The Player
  as
  Louise Fletcher
  1992
- Blind Vision
  as
  Miss Taylor
  1992
1991
- In a Child's Name
  as
  Jean Taylor
  1991
1990
- Blue Steel
  as
  Shirley Turner
  1990
- Shadowzone
  as
  Dr. Erhardt
  1990
- Nightmare on the 13th Floor
  as
  Letti Gordon
  1990
- Dream On
  as
  Joanna
  1990
1989
- The Karen Carpenter Story
  as
  Agnes Carpenter
  1989
- Best of the Best
  as
  Mrs. Grady
  1989
- Tales from the Crypt
  as
  Agent
  1989
1988
- Two Moon Junction
  as
  Belle
  1988
1987
- Flowers in the Attic
  as
  Olivia Foxworth
  1987
- J. Edgar Hoover
  as
  Annie M. Hoover
  1987
1986
- Invaders from Mars
  as
  Mrs. McKeltch
  1986
- Second Serve
  as
  Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
  1986
- The Boy Who Could Fly
  as
  Dr. Granada
  1986
- Nobody's Fool
  as
  Pearl
  1986
1985
- A Summer to Remember
  as
  Dr. Dolly McKeever
  1985
- The Twilight Zone
  as
  Dr. Cline
  1985
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  1985
1984
- Firestarter
  as
  Norma Manders
  1984
- Overnight Sensation
  as
  Evie Peregrine
  1984
- Talk to Me
  as
  Mother
  1984
- no image
  Islands
  as
  Maureen
  1984
1983
- Brainstorm
  as
  Lillian Reynolds
  1983
- Strange Invaders
  as
  Mrs. Benjamin
  1983
- The Hitchhiker
  as
  Mother Birch
  1983
1982
- The Lucky Star
  as
  Loes Bakker
  1982
1981
- Strange Behavior
  as
  Barbara Moorehead
  1981
- Be Pretty and Shut Up!
  as
  Self
  1981
1980
- Mama Dracula
  as
  Mama Dracula
  1980
1979
- The Lady in Red
  as
  Anna Sage
  1979
- Natural Enemies
  as
  Miriam Steward
  1979
- The Magician of Lublin
  as
  Emilia
  1979
1978
- The Cheap Detective
  as
  Marlene DuChard
  1978
- Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
  as
  Sally Kimball
  1978
1977
- Exorcist II: The Heretic
  as
  Dr. Gene Tuskin
  1977
1976
- TVTV Looks at the Oscars
  as
  Self
  1976
1975
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  as
  Nurse Mildred Ratched
  1975
- Russian Roulette
  as
  Midge
  1975
1974
- Thieves Like Us
  as
  Mattie
  1974
- Can Ellen Be Saved?
  as
  Bea Lindsey
  1974
- Dinah!
  as
  Self
  1974
1969
- Medical Center
  1969
1967
- Omnibus
  as
  Self
  1967
1963
- A Gathering of Eagles
  as
  Mrs. Kemler
  1963
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show
  as
  Self
  1961
1960
- Tate
  1960
1959
- One Step Beyond
  as
  Jeannie
  1959
- The Untouchables
  as
  Eloise
  1959
- The Troubleshooters
  as
  Dellie
  1959
1958
- 77 Sunset Strip
  1958
- Yancy Derringer
  as
  Miss Nellie / Alithea
  1958
- Lawman
  1958
- Bat Masterson
  as
  Sarah Lou Conant
  1958
1957
- Perry Mason
  as
  Gladys Doyle
  1957
- Sugarfoot
  as
  Julie Frazer
  1957
- Maverick
  1957
- Perry Mason
  as
  Susan Connolly
  1957
- Wagon Train
  as
  Elizabeth
  1957
1955
- The Millionaire
  as
  Holly
  1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  as
  Aithra McLowery
  1955
1953
- The Oscars
  as
  Self
  1953
1944
- Golden Globe Awards
  as
  Self - Nominee
  1944

Louise Fletcher

Biography

Cast Credits

Boorman and the Devil

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Grizzly II: Revenge

Girlboss

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

A Perfect Man

Of Two Minds

Cassadaga

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

Shameless

The Genesis Code

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

The Last Sin Eater

Private Practice

A Dad for Christmas

Fat Rose and Squeaky

Heroes

Aurora Borealis

Dancing in Twilight

Clipping Adam

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Wonderfalls

Finding Home

A Time to Remember

Joan of Arcadia

Manna from Heaven

After Image

Touched by a Killer

Big Eden

Silver Man

Very Mean Men

More Dogs Than Bones

Cruel Intentions

Time Served

A Map of the World

Love Kills

The Contract

The Devil's Arithmetic

Johnny 316

Brimstone

Fantasy Island

Heartless

The Girl Gets Moe

Completely Cuckoo

Married to a Stranger

Breast Men

Gone Fishin'

Sins of the Mind

The Practice

Frankenstein and Me

Mulholland Falls

High School High

2 Days in the Valley

The Stepford Husbands

Edie & Pen

Profiler

7th Heaven

Profiler

Virtuosity

VR.5

Tryst

Giorgino

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

Someone Else's Child

Return to Two Moon Junction

Tollbooth

On Deadly Ground

ER

The Fire Next Time

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The Player

Blind Vision

In a Child's Name

Blue Steel