Louise Fletcher

actress

Louise Fletcher was an American actress, 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 leade...

Born: July 21, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Died: September 23, 2022 (age 88)

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Known For

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Movies & TV Credits

135 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Boorman and the Devil Movie	8.7	Actress	Self	2025
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story Movie	9.0	Actress	Self	2022
Grizzly II: Revenge Movie	2.9	Actress	Eileene Draygon	2020
Girlboss TV Show	6.9	Actress	Rosie(2 Episodes)	2017
A Perfect Man Movie	5.0	Actress	Abbie	2013
Of Two Minds Movie	5.9	Actress	Aunt Will	2012
Cassadaga Movie	5.4	Actress	Claire	2011
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Movie	7.5	Actress	—	2011
Shameless TV Show	8.3	Actress	Peggy Gallagher(4 Episodes)	2011
The Genesis Code Movie	4.7	Actress	Ellen Taylor	2010
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… Movie	7.4	Actress	Self	2009
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Movie	—	Actress	Self	2009
The Last Sin Eater Movie	5.5	Actress	Miz Elda	2007
A Dennis the Menace Christmas Movie	4.9	Actress	Martha Wilson	2007
Private Practice TV Show	7.0	Actress	Frances Wilder(2 Episodes)	2007
Fat Rose and Squeaky Movie	5.2	Actress	Bonnie	2006
Heroes TV Show	7.3	Actress	Dr. Coolidge(2 Episodes)	2006
A Dad for Christmas Movie	6.4	Actress	Glennie	2006
Dancing in Twilight Movie	5.8	Actress	Evelyn	2005
Aurora Borealis Movie	6.6	Actress	Ruth Shorter	2005
Clipping Adam Movie	5.4	Actress	Grammy	2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild Movie	6.9	Actress	Self	2004
Wonderfalls TV Show	8.4	Actress	Vivian Caldwell(1 Episode)	2004
Finding Home Movie	5.0	Actress	Esther	2003
Joan of Arcadia TV Show	7.0	Actress	Eva Garrison(1 Episode)	2003
A Time to Remember Movie	6.0	Actress	Billy Calhoun	2003
Manna from Heaven Movie	5.1	Actress	Mother Superior	2002
After Image Movie	3.6	Actress	Aunt Cora	2001
Touched by a Killer Movie	5.1	Actress	Judge Erica Robertson	2001
Very Mean Men Movie	5.8	Actress	Katherine Mulroney	2000
Big Eden Movie	7.1	Actress	Grace Cornwell	2000
More Dogs Than Bones Movie	4.8	Actress	Iva Doll	2000
Silver Man Movie	4.1	Actress	Val	2000
Cruel Intentions Movie	7.0	Actress	Helen Rosemond	1999
The Contract Movie	4.0	Actress	Grandma Collins	1999
A Map of the World Movie	6.3	Actress	Nellie Goodwin	1999
Love Kills Movie	3.6	Actress	Alena Heiss	1999
The Devil's Arithmetic Movie	6.5	Actress	Aunt Eva	1999
Time Served Movie	3.6	Actress	Warden Mildred Reinecke	1999
Johnny 316 Movie	6.1	Actress	Sally's Mother	1998
Fantasy Island TV Show	6.1	Actress	Doris Leeman(1 Episode)	1998
Brimstone TV Show	7.9	Actress	Evelyn McNabb(1 Episode)	1998
The Girl Gets Moe Movie	4.4	Actress	Gloria	1997
Gone Fishin' Movie	4.7	Actress	Restaurant Owner (uncredited)	1997
Completely Cuckoo Movie	7.2	Actress	Self	1997
The Practice TV Show	7.6	Actress	Judge N. Swanson(1 Episode)	1997
Heartless Movie	4.4	Actress	Lydia McGuffy	1997
Breast Men Movie	5.6	Actress	Mrs. Saunders	1997
Sins of the Mind Movie	4.9	Actress	Dr. Anna Bingham	1997
Married to a Stranger Movie	5.2	Actress	Nana, Megan's Mother	1997
2 Days in the Valley Movie	6.3	Actress	Evelyn	1996
High School High Movie	5.4	Actress	Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle	1996
Frankenstein and Me Movie	4.7	Actress	Mrs. Perdue	1996
Edie & Pen Movie	5.4	Actress	Judge	1996
Mulholland Falls Movie	6.1	Actress	Esther	1996
7th Heaven TV Show	5.5	Actress	Mrs. Wagner(1 Episode)	1996
Profiler TV Show	7.1	Actress	Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother(1 Episode)	1996
Profiler TV Show	7.1	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1996
The Stepford Husbands Movie	4.4	Actress	Miriam Benton	1996
Virtuosity Movie	5.3	Actress	Elizabeth Deane	1995
VR.5 TV Show	7.0	Actress	Mrs. Nora Bloom(5 Episodes)	1995
Giorgino Movie	7.0	Actress	Innkeeper	1994
Return to Two Moon Junction Movie	4.0	Actress	Belle Delongpre	1994
Tollbooth Movie	5.3	Actress	Lillian	1994
On Deadly Ground Movie	4.8	Actress	Bartender (uncredited)	1994
Tryst Movie	4.0	Actress	Maggie	1994
ER TV Show	8.0	Actress	Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick(3 Episodes)	1994
Someone Else's Child Movie	6.1	Actress	Faye Maddox	1994
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn Movie	4.8	Actress	Dorothy O'Hara	1994
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV Show	8.2	Actress	Kai Winn(11 Episodes)	1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV Show	8.2	Actress	Vedek Winn(4 Episodes)	1993
The Fire Next Time Limited Series	5.8	Actress	Sarge(2 Episodes)	1993
The Player Movie	7.6	Actress	Louise Fletcher	1992
Blind Vision Movie	4.2	Actress	Miss Taylor	1992
In a Child's Name Limited Series	7.5	Actress	Jean Taylor(2 Episodes)	1991
Blue Steel Movie	5.6	Actress	Shirley Turner	1990
Shadowzone Movie	4.9	Actress	Dr. Erhardt	1990
Dream On TV Show	7.4	Actress	Joanna(1 Episode)	1990
Nightmare on the 13th Floor Movie	5.5	Actress	Letti Gordon	1990
Best of the Best Movie	6.6	Actress	Mrs. Grady	1989
Tales from the Crypt TV Show	8.2	Actress	Agent(1 Episode)	1989
The Karen Carpenter Story Movie	6.7	Actress	Agnes Carpenter	1989
Two Moon Junction Movie	5.2	Actress	Belle	1988
Flowers in the Attic Movie	6.0	Actress	Olivia Foxworth	1987
J. Edgar Hoover Movie	6.8	Actress	Annie M. Hoover	1987
Invaders from Mars Movie	5.7	Actress	Mrs. McKeltch	1986
Nobody's Fool Movie	5.2	Actress	Pearl	1986
The Boy Who Could Fly Movie	6.7	Actress	Dr. Granada	1986
Second Serve Movie	7.1	Actress	Dr. Sadie M. Bishop	1986
The Ray Bradbury Theater TV Show	7.1	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1985
The Twilight Zone TV Show	7.8	Actress	Dr. Cline(1 Episode)	1985
A Summer to Remember Movie	6.8	Actress	Dr. Dolly McKeever	1985
Talk to Me Movie	6.2	Actress	Mother	1984
Firestarter Movie	6.0	Actress	Norma Manders	1984
Overnight Sensation Short Film	7.0	Actress	Evie Peregrine	1984
Islands Movie	8.4	Actress	Maureen	1984
Brainstorm Movie	6.3	Actress	Lillian Reynolds	1983
Strange Invaders Movie	5.5	Actress	Mrs. Benjamin	1983
The Hitchhiker TV Show	6.5	Actress	Mother Birch(1 Episode)	1983
The Lucky Star Movie	6.1	Actress	Loes Bakker	1982
Strange Behavior Movie	5.7	Actress	Barbara Moorehead	1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up! Movie	6.8	Actress	Self	1981
Mama Dracula Movie	2.6	Actress	Mama Dracula	1980
The Magician of Lublin Movie	5.6	Actress	Emilia	1979
Natural Enemies Movie	6.7	Actress	Miriam Steward	1979
The Lady in Red Movie	6.1	Actress	Anna Sage	1979
The Cheap Detective Movie	6.3	Actress	Marlene DuChard	1978
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery Movie	4.7	Actress	Sally Kimball	1978
Exorcist II: The Heretic Movie	3.6	Actress	Dr. Gene Tuskin	1977
TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards TV Special	5.5	Actress	Self	1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Movie	8.6	Actress	Nurse Mildred Ratched	1975
Russian Roulette Movie	5.4	Actress	Midge	1975
Thieves Like Us Movie	7.0	Actress	Mattie	1974
Dinah! TV Show	6.8	Actress	Self(1 Episode)	1974
Can Ellen Be Saved? Movie	6.0	Actress	Bea Lindsey	1974
Medical Center TV Show	6.9	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1969
Omnibus TV Show	6.9	Actress	Self(1 Episode)	1967
A Gathering of Eagles Movie	5.9	Actress	Mrs. Kemler	1963
The Mike Douglas Show TV Show	6.9	Actress	Self(1 Episode)	1961
Tate TV Show	7.1	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1960
One Step Beyond TV Show	7.6	Actress	Jeannie(1 Episode)	1959
The Untouchables TV Show	7.8	Actress	Eloise(1 Episode)	1959
Troubleshooters TV Show	7.6	Actress	Dellie(1 Episode)	1959
Bat Masterson TV Show	7.1	Actress	Sarah Lou Conant(1 Episode)	1958
Yancy Derringer TV Show	7.6	Actress	Miss Nellie / Alithea(1 Episode)	1958
77 Sunset Strip TV Show	7.5	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1958
Lawman TV Show	7.9	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1958
Sugarfoot TV Show	7.2	Actress	Julie Frazer(1 Episode)	1957
Perry Mason TV Show	8.1	Actress	Susan Connolly(1 Episode)	1957
Maverick TV Show	7.8	Actress	—(1 Episode)	1957
Perry Mason TV Show	8.1	Actress	Gladys Doyle(1 Episode)	1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV Show	7.4	Actress	Aithra McLowery(1 Episode)	1955
The Millionaire TV Show	7.6	Actress	Holly(1 Episode)	1955
The Oscars TV Show	7.0	Actress	Self(3 Episodes)	1953
Golden Globe Awards TV Show	—	Actress	Self - Nominee(1 Episode)	1944

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Cruel Intentions

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Shameless

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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