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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 22, 1934
Died
September 23, 2022
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
- Estelle Louise Fletcher
- 루이즈 플레쳐
Louise Fletcher
1.3 Popularity
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
0.0
Self
Boorman and the Devil
2025
0.0
Self
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
2.9
Eileene Draygon
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
6.6
Rosie
Girlboss
2017
7.2
Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
4.0
Abbie
A Perfect Man
2013
6.6
Aunt Will
Of Two Minds
2012
5.0
Claire
Cassadaga
2011
7.6
Self
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011
8.2
Peggy Gallagher
Shameless
2011
Credits
Boorman and the Devil
as Self
2025
0.0
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
2022
0.0
Grizzly II: Revenge
as Eileene Draygon
2020
2.9
Girlboss
as Rosie
2017
6.6
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
7.2
A Perfect Man
as Abbie
2013
4.0
Of Two Minds
as Aunt Will
2012
6.6
Cassadaga
as Claire
2011
5.0
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
2011
7.6
Shameless
as Peggy Gallagher
2011
8.2
The Genesis Code
as Ellen Taylor
2010
2.5
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
as Self
2009
6.6
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Self
2009
2.0
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
as Martha Wilson
2007
5.6
Private Practice
as Frances Wilder
2007
7.5
The Last Sin Eater
as Miz Elda
2007
5.5
A Dad for Christmas
as Glennie
2006
6.6
Heroes
as Dr. Coolidge
2006
7.5
Fat Rose and Squeaky
as Bonnie
2006
4.0
Aurora Borealis
as Ruth Shorter
2005
6.3
Dancing in Twilight
as Evelyn
2005
2.2
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
as Self
2004
2.0
Clipping Adam
as Grammy
2004
6.0
Wonderfalls
as Vivian Caldwell
2004
7.7
A Time to Remember
as Billy Calhoun
2003
5.7
Finding Home
as Esther
2003
4.5
Joan of Arcadia
as Eva Garrison
2003
7.3
Manna from Heaven
as Mother Superior
2002
0.0
After Image
as Aunt Cora
2001
3.8
Touched by a Killer
as Judge Erica Robertson
2001
4.9
More Dogs Than Bones
as Iva Doll
2000
4.6
Very Mean Men
as Katherine Mulroney
2000
5.0
Big Eden
as Grace Cornwell
2000
6.3
Silver Man
as Val
2000
3.2
The Contract
as Grandma Collins
1999
3.0
Love Kills
as Alena Heiss
1999
2.0
A Map of the World
as Nellie Goodwin
1999
5.9
Time Served
as Warden Mildred Reinecke
1999
2.2
The Devil's Arithmetic
as Aunt Eva
1999
6.8
Cruel Intentions
as Helen Rosemond
1999
6.8
Brimstone
as Evelyn McNabb
1998
7.6
Fantasy Island
as Doris Leeman
1998
7.5
Johnny 316
as Sally's Mother
1998
5.5
Completely Cuckoo
as Self
1997
5.7
Breast Men
as Mrs. Saunders
1997
5.2
Heartless
as Lydia McGuffy
1997
3.3
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Married to a Stranger
as Nana, Megan's Mother
1997
4.0
The Girl Gets Moe
as Gloria
1997
4.2
Sins of the Mind
as Dr. Anna Bingham
1997
3.5
Gone Fishin'
as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
1997
4.8
The Practice
as Judge N. Swanson
1997
7.6
High School High
as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
1996
5.4
Profiler
as Miriam Newquay
1996
7.0
2 Days in the Valley
as Evelyn
1996
6.2
7th Heaven
as Mrs. Wagner
1996
6.4
Frankenstein and Me
as Mrs. Perdue
1996
5.2
The Stepford Husbands
as Miriam Benton
1996
6.0
Edie & Pen
as Judge
1996
5.6
Mulholland Falls
as Esther
1996
6.0
Virtuosity
as Elizabeth Deane
1995
5.5
VR.5
as Mrs. Nora Bloom
1995
6.7
🎬
Someone Else's Child
as Faye Maddox
1994
2.0
Tryst
as Maggie
1994
2.8
🎬
Tollbooth
as Lillian
1994
4.7
Giorgino
as Innkeeper
1994
6.4
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
as Dorothy O'Hara
1994
4.8
ER
as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
1994
7.8
Return to Two Moon Junction
as Belle Delongpre
1994
5.6
On Deadly Ground
as Bartender (uncredited)
1994
5.2
The Fire Next Time
as Sarge
1993
5.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Vedek Winn
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Kai Winn
1993
7.9
Blind Vision
as Miss Taylor
1992
2.3
The Player
as Louise Fletcher
1992
7.2
In a Child's Name
as Jean Taylor
1991
7.7
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
as Letti Gordon
1990
5.2
Dream On
as Joanna
1990
6.8
Blue Steel
as Shirley Turner
1990
5.8
Shadowzone
as Dr. Erhardt
1990
4.7
Best of the Best
as Mrs. Grady
1989
6.5
Tales from the Crypt
as Agent
1989
7.9
The Karen Carpenter Story
as Agnes Carpenter
1989
7.2
Two Moon Junction
as Belle
1988
6.0
Flowers in the Attic
as Olivia Foxworth
1987
6.3
J. Edgar Hoover
as Annie M. Hoover
1987
0.0
Nobody's Fool
as Pearl
1986
4.2
The Boy Who Could Fly
as Dr. Granada
1986
6.3
Invaders from Mars
as Mrs. McKeltch
1986
5.6
Second Serve
as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
1986
4.7
The Twilight Zone
as Dr. Cline
1985
7.8
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
6.8
A Summer to Remember
as Dr. Dolly McKeever
1985
6.2
🎬
Islands
as Maureen
1984
0.0
Overnight Sensation
as Evie Peregrine
1984
6.0
Firestarter
as Norma Manders
1984
6.3
Talk to Me
as Mother
1984
0.0
The Hitchhiker
as Mother Birch
1983
6.1
Brainstorm
as Lillian Reynolds
1983
6.3
Strange Invaders
as Mrs. Benjamin
1983
4.8
The Lucky Star
as Loes Bakker
1982
0.0
Strange Behavior
as Barbara Moorehead
1981
5.5
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
1981
6.1
Mama Dracula
as Mama Dracula
1980
3.1
The Magician of Lublin
as Emilia
1979
4.0
Natural Enemies
as Miriam Steward
1979
5.9
The Lady in Red
as Anna Sage
1979
5.6
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
as Sally Kimball
1978
1.0
The Cheap Detective
as Marlene DuChard
1978
6.3
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Dr. Gene Tuskin
1977
4.5
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
as Self
1976
6.0
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
as Nurse Mildred Ratched
1975
8.4
Russian Roulette
as Midge
1975
4.8
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Thieves Like Us
as Mattie
1974
6.5
Can Ellen Be Saved?
as Bea Lindsey
1974
3.8
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
A Gathering of Eagles
as Mrs. Kemler
1963
5.7
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Tate
1960
4.5
The Untouchables
as Eloise
1959
7.8
The Troubleshooters
as Dellie
1959
0.0
One Step Beyond
as Jeannie
1959
5.6
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Sarah Lou Conant
1958
6.1
Lawman
1958
5.6
Yancy Derringer
as Miss Nellie / Alithea
1958
6.0
Maverick
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Gladys Doyle
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Susan Connolly
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Elizabeth
1957
6.6
Sugarfoot
as Julie Frazer
1957
4.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Aithra McLowery
1955
6.8
The Millionaire
as Holly
1955
5.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2