Louise Fletcher
Department: 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).
Known For
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Cruel Intentions
1999
Frankenstein and Me
1996
The Player
1992
Mulholland Falls
1996
Two Moon Junction
1988
Tryst
1994
Big Eden
2000
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Firestarter
1984
Invaders from Mars
1986
Thieves Like Us
1974
Blue Steel
1990
Virtuosity
1995
High School High
1996
2 Days in the Valley
1996
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007
The Last Sin Eater
2007
Strange Behavior
1981
Aurora Borealis
2005
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
The Cheap Detective
1978
Heartless
1997
Brainstorm
1983
Flowers in the Attic
1987
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
The Lady in Red
1979
Strange Invaders
1983
The Karen Carpenter Story
1989
Cassadaga
2011
A Summer to Remember
1985
Shadowzone
1990
Manna from Heaven
2002
Giorgino
1994
Natural Enemies
1979
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
After Image
2001
Mama Dracula
1980
The Girl Gets Moe
1997
Finding Home
2003
A Time to Remember
2003
Johnny 316
1998
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1994
A Dad for Christmas
2006
Overnight Sensation
1984
Russian Roulette
1975
A Perfect Man
2013
The Stepford Husbands
1996
Second Serve
1986
Someone Else's Child
1994
Completely Cuckoo
1997
Married to a Stranger
1997
Time Served
1999
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994
Edie & Pen
1996
Breast Men
1997
A Map of the World
1999
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
The Magician of Lublin
1979
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986
Love Kills
1999
Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974
Touched by a Killer
2001
Silver Man
2000
Blind Vision
1992
Clipping Adam
2004
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
The Lucky Star
1982
The Contract
1999
Best of the Best
1989
Nobody's Fool
1986
Very Mean Men
2000
Of Two Minds
2012
Dancing in Twilight
2005
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
Tollbooth
1994
Talk to Me
1984
The Genesis Code
2010
Gone Fishin'
1997
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
On Deadly Ground
1994
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978
Sins of the Mind
1997
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
Islands
1984
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
Boorman and the Devil
2025
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Heroes
2006
Brimstone
1998
The Twilight Zone
1985
Tales from the Crypt
1989
VR.5
1995
Wonderfalls
2004
The Practice
1997
Medical Center
1969
Perry Mason
1957
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
7th Heaven
1996
ER
1994
The Millionaire
1955
Yancy Derringer
1958
The Hitchhiker
1983
One Step Beyond
1959
Sugarfoot
1957
Lawman
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
Tate
1960
The Fire Next Time
1993
The Oscars
1953
Maverick
1957
Girlboss
2017
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Untouchables
1959
Dinah!
1974
Profiler
1996
Perry Mason
1957
In a Child's Name
1991
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Dream On
1990
Fantasy Island
1998
Shameless
2011
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Private Practice
2007
The Troubleshooters
1959
Omnibus
1967
Wagon Train
1957
Worlds Beyond
1986