Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

Acting

Born July 22, 1934 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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 Acade…

Known for

Shameless

Shameless

2011

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957

ER

1994

Yancy Derringer

Yancy Derringer

1958

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Wagon Train

Wagon Train

1957

Acting(136)

2025Boorman and the DevilSelf

2022A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore StorySelf

2020Grizzly II: RevengeEileene Draygon

2017GirlbossRosie

2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsMrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013A Perfect ManAbbie

2012Of Two MindsAunt Will

2011CassadagaClaire

2011Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSelf

2011ShamelessPeggy Gallagher

2010The Genesis CodeEllen Taylor

2009Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…Self

2009Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSelf

2007A Dennis the Menace ChristmasMartha Wilson

2007Private PracticeFrances Wilder

2007The Last Sin EaterMiz Elda

2006A Dad for ChristmasGlennie

2006HeroesDr. Coolidge

2006Fat Rose and SqueakyBonnie

2005Aurora BorealisRuth Shorter

2005Dancing in TwilightEvelyn

2004Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is WildSelf

2004Clipping AdamGrammy

2004WonderfallsVivian Caldwell

2003A Time to RememberBilly Calhoun

2003Finding HomeEsther

2003Joan of ArcadiaEva Garrison

2002Manna from HeavenMother Superior

2001After ImageAunt Cora

2001Touched by a KillerJudge Erica Robertson

2000More Dogs Than BonesIva Doll

2000Very Mean MenKatherine Mulroney

2000Big EdenGrace Cornwell

2000Silver ManVal

1999The ContractGrandma Collins

1999Love KillsAlena Heiss

1999A Map of the WorldNellie Goodwin

1999Time ServedWarden Mildred Reinecke

1999The Devil's ArithmeticAunt Eva

1999Cruel IntentionsHelen Rosemond

1998BrimstoneEvelyn McNabb

1998Fantasy IslandDoris Leeman

1998Johnny 316Sally's Mother

1997Completely CuckooSelf

1997Breast MenMrs. Saunders

1997HeartlessLydia McGuffy

1997Married to a StrangerNana, Megan's Mother

1997The Girl Gets MoeGloria

1997Sins of the MindDr. Anna Bingham

1997Gone Fishin'Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

1997The PracticeJudge N. Swanson

1996High School HighSchuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle

1996ProfilerMiriam Newquay

19962 Days in the ValleyEvelyn

19967th HeavenMrs. Wagner

1996Frankenstein and MeMrs. Perdue

1996The Stepford HusbandsMiriam Benton

1996Edie & PenJudge

1996Mulholland FallsEsther

1995VirtuosityElizabeth Deane

1995VR.5Mrs. Nora Bloom

1994Someone Else's ChildFaye Maddox

1994TrystMaggie

1994TollboothLillian

1994GiorginoInnkeeper

1994The Haunting of Seacliff InnDorothy O'Hara

1994ERRoberta 'Birdie' Chadwick

1994Return to Two Moon JunctionBelle Delongpre

1994On Deadly GroundBartender (uncredited)

1993The Fire Next TimeSarge

1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineVedek Winn

1992Blind VisionMiss Taylor

1992The PlayerLouise Fletcher

1991In a Child's NameJean Taylor

1990Nightmare on the 13th FloorLetti Gordon

1990Dream OnJoanna

1990Blue SteelShirley Turner

1990ShadowzoneDr. Erhardt

1989Best of the BestMrs. Grady

1989Tales from the CryptAgent

1989The Karen Carpenter StoryAgnes Carpenter

1988Two Moon JunctionBelle Delongpre

1987Flowers in the AtticOlivia Foxworth

1987J. Edgar HooverAnnie M. Hoover

1986Nobody's FoolPearl

1986Worlds BeyondKaren Earl

1986The Boy Who Could FlyDr. Granada

1986Invaders from MarsMrs. McKeltch

1986Second ServeDr. Sadie M. Bishop

1985The Twilight ZoneDr. Cline

1985The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985A Summer to RememberDr. Dolly McKeever

1984IslandsMaureen

1984Overnight SensationEvie Peregrine

1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaDirector of Riverdale Cemetery

1984FirestarterNorma Manders

1984Talk to MeMother

1983The HitchhikerMother Birch

1983BrainstormLillian Reynolds

1983Strange InvadersMrs. Benjamin

1982The Lucky StarLoes Bakker

1981Strange BehaviorBarbara Moorehead

1981Be Pretty and Shut Up!Self

1980Mama DraculaMama Dracula

1979The Magician of LublinEmilia

1979Natural EnemiesMiriam Steward

1979The Lady in RedAnna Sage

1978Thou Shalt Not Commit AdulterySally Kimball

1978The Cheap DetectiveMarlene DuChard

1977Exorcist II: The HereticDr. Gene Tuskin

1976TVTV Looks at the OscarsSelf

1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestNurse Mildred Ratched

1975Russian RouletteMidge

1974Thieves Like UsMattie

1974Can Ellen Be Saved?Bea Lindsey

1969Medical Center

1967OmnibusSelf

1963A Gathering of EaglesMrs. Kemler

1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

1959The UntouchablesEloise

1959The TroubleshootersDellie

1959One Step BeyondJeannie

195877 Sunset Strip

1958Bat MastersonSarah Lou Conant

1958Yancy DerringerMiss Nellie / Alithea

1957Perry MasonGladys Doyle

1957Wagon TrainElizabeth

1957SugarfootJulie Frazer

1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpAithra McLowery

1955The MillionaireHolly

1953The OscarsSelf

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

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