Louise Fletcher
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Acting Credits
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 (19...
Known For
Filmography
Boorman and the Devil
2026
as Self
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2025
as Self
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self (archive footage- One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest Nurse Ratched)
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Eileene Draygon
Girlboss
2017
as Rosie
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Perfect Man
2013
as Abbie
Of Two Minds
2012
as Aunt Will
Cassadaga
2011
as Claire
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011
as Self
Shameless
2011
as Peggy Gallagher
The Genesis Code
2010
as Ellen Taylor
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
as Self
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007
as Martha Wilson
The Last Sin Eater
2007
as Miz Elda
Private Practice
2007
as Frances Wilder
A Dad for Christmas
2006
as Glennie
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006
as Bonnie
Heroes
2006
as Dr. Coolidge
Aurora Borealis
2005
as Ruth Shorter
Dancing in Twilight
2005
as Evelyn
Clipping Adam
2004
as Grammy
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self
Wonderfalls
2004
as Vivian Caldwell
Finding Home
2003
as Esther
A Time to Remember
2003
as Billy Calhoun
Joan of Arcadia
2003
as Eva Garrison
Manna from Heaven
2002
as Mother Superior
After Image
2001
as Aunt Cora
Touched by a Killer
2001
as Judge Erica Robertson
Big Eden
2000
as Grace Cornwell
Silver Man
2000
as Val
Very Mean Men
2000
as Katherine Mulroney
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Iva Doll
Cruel Intentions
1999
as Helen Rosemond
Time Served
1999
as Warden Mildred Reinecke
A Map of the World
1999
as Nellie Goodwin
Love Kills
1999
as Alena Heiss
The Contract
1999
as Grandma Collins
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
as Aunt Eva
Johnny 316
1998
as Sally's Mother
Brimstone
1998
as Evelyn McNabb
Fantasy Island
1998
as Doris Leeman
Heartless
1997
as Lydia McGuffy
The Girl Gets Moe
1997
as Gloria
Completely Cuckoo
1997
as Self
Married to a Stranger
1997
as Nana, Megan's Mother
Breast Men
1997
as Mrs. Saunders
Gone Fishin'
1997
as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Sins of the Mind
1997
as Dr. Anna Bingham
The Practice
1997
as Judge N. Swanson
Frankenstein and Me
1996
as Mrs. Perdue
Mulholland Falls
1996
as Esther
High School High
1996
as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
2 Days in the Valley
1996
as Evelyn
The Stepford Husbands
1996
as Miriam Benton
Edie & Pen
1996
as Judge
7th Heaven
1996
as Mrs. Wagner
Profiler
1996
as Miriam Newquay
Virtuosity
1995
as Elizabeth Deane
VR.5
1995
as Mrs. Nora Bloom
Tryst
1994
as Maggie
Giorgino
1994
as Innkeeper
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1994
as Dorothy O'Hara
Someone Else's Child
1994
as Faye Maddox
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994
as Belle Delongpre
Tollbooth
1994
as Lillian
On Deadly Ground
1994
as Bartender (uncredited)
ER
1994
as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
The Fire Next Time
1993
as Sarge
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Vedek Winn
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Kai Winn
The Player
1992
as Louise Fletcher
Blind Vision
1992
as Miss Taylor
In a Child's Name
1991
as Jean Taylor
Blue Steel
1990
as Shirley Turner
Shadowzone
1990
as Dr. Erhardt
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
as Letti Gordon
Dream On
1990
as Joanna
The Karen Carpenter Story
1989
as Agnes Carpenter
Best of the Best
1989
as Mrs. Grady
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Agent
Two Moon Junction
1988
as Belle Delongpre
Flowers in the Attic
1987
as Olivia Foxworth
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
as Annie M. Hoover
Invaders from Mars
1986
as Mrs. McKeltch
Second Serve
1986
as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986
as Dr. Granada
Nobody's Fool
1986
as Pearl
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Karen Earl
A Summer to Remember
1985
as Dr. Dolly McKeever
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Dr. Cline
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Firestarter
1984
as Norma Manders
Overnight Sensation
1984
as Evie Peregrine
Talk to Me
1984
as Mother
Islands
1984
as Maureen
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Director of Riverdale Cemetery
Brainstorm
1983
as Lillian Reynolds
Strange Invaders
1983
as Mrs. Benjamin
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Mother Birch
The Lucky Star
1982
as Loes Bakker
Strange Behavior
1981
as Barbara Moorehead
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
Mama Dracula
1980
as Mama Dracula
The Lady in Red
1979
as Anna Sage
Natural Enemies
1979
as Miriam Steward
The Magician of Lublin
1979
as Emilia
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self (uncredited)
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Marlene DuChard
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978
as Sally Kimball
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Dr. Gene Tuskin
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Nurse Mildred Ratched
Russian Roulette
1975
as Midge
Thieves Like Us
1974
as Mattie
Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974
as Bea Lindsey
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Medical Center
1969
Omnibus
1967
as Self
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
as Mrs. Kemler
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Tate
1960
One Step Beyond
1959
as Jeannie
The Untouchables
1959
as Eloise
The Troubleshooters
1959
as Dellie
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Miss Nellie / Alithea
Lawman
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
as Sarah Lou Conant
Perry Mason
1957
as Gladys Doyle
Sugarfoot
1957
as Julie Frazer
Maverick
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as Susan Connolly
Wagon Train
1957
as Elizabeth
The Millionaire
1955
as Holly
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Aithra McLowery
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee