Louise Fletcher
Born: 1934-07-22 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Died: 2022-09-23
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).
Filmography
2025
- Boorman and the Devil as Self
2020
- Grizzly II: Revenge as Eileene Draygon
2017
- Girlboss as Rosie
2014
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
- A Perfect Man as Abbie
2012
- Of Two Minds as Aunt Will
2011
- Shameless as Peggy Gallagher
- Cassadaga as Claire
- Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Self
2010
- The Genesis Code as Ellen Taylor
2009
2007
- Private Practice as Frances Wilder
- A Dennis the Menace Christmas as Martha Wilson
- The Last Sin Eater as Miz Elda
2006
- Heroes as Dr. Coolidge
- A Dad for Christmas as Glennie
- Fat Rose and Squeaky as Bonnie
2005
- Aurora Borealis as Ruth Shorter
- Dancing in Twilight as Evelyn
2004
- Wonderfalls as Vivian Caldwell
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild as Self
- Clipping Adam as Grammy
2003
- Joan of Arcadia as Eva Garrison
- A Time to Remember as Billy Calhoun
- Finding Home as Esther
2002
- Manna from Heaven as Mother Superior
2001
- Touched by a Killer as Judge Erica Robertson
- After Image as Aunt Cora
2000
- More Dogs Than Bones as Iva Doll
- Big Eden as Grace Cornwell
- Very Mean Men as Katherine Mulroney
- Silver Man as Val
1999
- Cruel Intentions as Helen Rosemond
- The Devil's Arithmetic as Aunt Eva
- A Map of the World as Nellie Goodwin
- Love Kills as Alena Heiss
- Time Served as Warden Mildred Reinecke
- The Contract as Grandma Collins
1998
- Brimstone as Evelyn McNabb
- Fantasy Island as Doris Leeman
- Johnny 316 as Sally's Mother
1997
- The Practice as Judge N. Swanson
- Gone Fishin' as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
- Breast Men as Mrs. Saunders
- Heartless as Lydia McGuffy
- Married to a Stranger as Nana, Megan's Mother
- The Girl Gets Moe as Gloria
- Completely Cuckoo as Self
- Sins of the Mind as Dr. Anna Bingham
1996
- Profiler as Miriam Newquay
- 7th Heaven as Mrs. Wagner
- 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
1995
- VR.5 as Mrs. Nora Bloom
- Virtuosity as Elizabeth Deane
1994
- ER as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
- On Deadly Ground as Bartender (uncredited)
- Return to Two Moon Junction as Belle Delongpre
- Tryst as Maggie
- Someone Else's Child as Faye Maddox
- Giorgino as Innkeeper
- Tollbooth as Lillian
- The Haunting of Seacliff Inn as Dorothy O'Hara
1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Vedek Winn
- The Fire Next Time as Sarge
1992
- The Player as Louise Fletcher
- Blind Vision as Miss Taylor
1991
- In a Child's Name as Jean Taylor
1990
- Dream On as Joanna
- Blue Steel as Shirley Turner
- Shadowzone as Dr. Erhardt
- Nightmare on the 13th Floor as Letti Gordon
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Agent
- Best of the Best as Mrs. Grady
- The Karen Carpenter Story as Agnes Carpenter
1988
- Two Moon Junction as Belle Delongpre
1987
- Flowers in the Attic as Olivia Foxworth
- J. Edgar Hoover as Annie M. Hoover
1986
- Worlds Beyond as Karen Earl
- Invaders from Mars as Mrs. McKeltch
- The Boy Who Could Fly as Dr. Granada
- Nobody's Fool as Pearl
- Second Serve as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
1985
- The Twilight Zone as Dr. Cline
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
- A Summer to Remember as Dr. Dolly McKeever
1984
- Firestarter as Norma Manders
- Islands as Maureen
- Overnight Sensation as Evie Peregrine
- Talk to Me as Mother
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Mother Birch
- Brainstorm as Lillian Reynolds
- Strange Invaders as Mrs. Benjamin
1982
- The Lucky Star as Loes Bakker
1981
- Strange Behavior as Barbara Moorehead
- Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self
1980
- Mama Dracula as Mama Dracula
1979
- The Lady in Red as Anna Sage
- Natural Enemies as Miriam Steward
- The Magician of Lublin as Emilia
1978
- The Cheap Detective as Marlene DuChard
- Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery as Sally Kimball
1977
- Exorcist II: The Heretic as Dr. Gene Tuskin
1976
- TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
1975
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Nurse Mildred Ratched
- Russian Roulette as Midge
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Thieves Like Us as Mattie
- Can Ellen Be Saved? as Bea Lindsey
1969
1967
- Omnibus as Self
1963
- A Gathering of Eagles as Mrs. Kemler
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960
1959
- The Untouchables as Eloise
- One Step Beyond as Jeannie
- The Troubleshooters as Dellie
1958
- Lawman
- Bat Masterson as Sarah Lou Conant
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Yancy Derringer as Miss Nellie / Alithea
1957
- Perry Mason as Gladys Doyle
- Maverick
- Wagon Train as Elizabeth
- Sugarfoot as Julie Frazer
1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Aithra McLowery
- The Millionaire as Holly
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee