Louise Fletcher
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).
As actor 137
Shameless
2011
Perry Mason
1957
ER
1994
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Heroes
2006
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Wagon Train
1957
Maverick
1957
The Practice
1997
Private Practice
2007
Lawman
1958
Omnibus
1967
Bat Masterson
1958
The Twilight Zone
1985
Tales from the Crypt
1989
The Untouchables
1959
Profiler
1996
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Oscars
1953
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
The Hitchhiker
1983
Medical Center
1969
One Step Beyond
1959
Dinah!
1974
The Millionaire
1955
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986
Joan of Arcadia
2003
7th Heaven
1996
Sugarfoot
1957
Girlboss
2017
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Dream On
1990
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Yancy Derringer
1958
Cruel Intentions
1999
Wonderfalls
2004
Brimstone
1998
Fantasy Island
1998
The Player
1992
Tate
1960
The Troubleshooters
1959
Blue Steel
1990
On Deadly Ground
1994
Worlds Beyond
1986
VR.5
1995
Best of the Best
1989
Two Moon Junction
1988
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Virtuosity
1995
Breakdown: 1975
2025
2 Days in the Valley
1996
Flowers in the Attic
1987
Firestarter
1984
Brainstorm
1983
Mulholland Falls
1996
Mama Dracula
1980
Gone Fishin'
1997
Invaders from Mars
1986
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
The Cheap Detective
1978
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
Frankenstein and Me
1996
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Giorgino
1994
Completely Cuckoo
1997
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
In a Child's Name
1991
High School High
1996
Cassadaga
2011
A Map of the World
1999
The Fire Next Time
1993
The Lady in Red
1979
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
Strange Invaders
1983
Someone Else's Child
1994
Big Eden
2000
Touched by a Killer
2001
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
Breast Men
1997
Manna from Heaven
2002
Thieves Like Us
1974
The Karen Carpenter Story
1989
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
Edie & Pen
1996
Strange Behavior
1981
Shadowzone
1990
Heartless
1997
Clipping Adam
2004
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
Very Mean Men
2000
Blind Vision
1992
Love Kills
1999
Russian Roulette
1975
The Last Sin Eater
2007
Johnny 316
1998
Sins of the Mind
1997
The Stepford Husbands
1996
Aurora Borealis
2005
A Time to Remember
2003
A Perfect Man
2013
A Summer to Remember
1985
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
Overnight Sensation
1984
The Girl Gets Moe
1997
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
The Contract
1999
The Genesis Code
2010
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
Talk to Me
1984
Tryst
1994
After Image
2001
Nobody's Fool
1986
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
Second Serve
1986
Time Served
1999
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1994
Finding Home
2003
Of Two Minds
2012
Silver Man
2000
Married to a Stranger
1997
Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006
The Magician of Lublin
1979
Natural Enemies
1979
Dancing in Twilight
2005
Islands
1984
Tollbooth
1994
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011
A Dad for Christmas
2006
Boorman and the Devil
2026
The Lucky Star
1982