Louise Fletcher
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).
135 acting credits
Acting · 135
Shameless
2011
Private Practice
2007
ER
1994
Perry Mason
1957
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Heroes
2006
The Practice
1997
Wagon Train
1957
Maverick
1957
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Untouchables
1959
Medical Center
1969
Lawman
1958
Cruel Intentions
1999
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Profiler
1996
7th Heaven
1996
Omnibus
1967
The Oscars
1953
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
One Step Beyond
1959
Joan of Arcadia
2003
Sugarfoot
1957
The Hitchhiker
1983
Dinah!
1974
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
The Millionaire
1955
Dream On
1990
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Yancy Derringer
1958
Wonderfalls
2004
Brimstone
1998
Fantasy Island
1998
Girlboss
2017
VR.5
1995
The Player
1992
The Troubleshooters
1959
Worlds Beyond
1986
Two Moon Junction
1988
Tate
1960
Virtuosity
1995
2 Days in the Valley
1996
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Mulholland Falls
1996
Firestarter
1984
On Deadly Ground
1994
Flowers in the Attic
1987
Best of the Best
1989
Blue Steel
1990
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Gone Fishin'
1997
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
The Fire Next Time
1993
Brainstorm
1983
Invaders from Mars
1986
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994
Strange Invaders
1983
The Cheap Detective
1978
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986
In a Child's Name
1991
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
Breast Men
1997
High School High
1996
The Karen Carpenter Story
1989
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
Russian Roulette
1975
A Map of the World
1999
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007
Big Eden
2000
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1994
Cassadaga
2011
The Lady in Red
1979
Tollbooth
1994
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978
Second Serve
1986
Strange Behavior
1981
A Summer to Remember
1985
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011
The Genesis Code
2010
Shadowzone
1990
The Last Sin Eater
2007
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
Frankenstein and Me
1996
Edie & Pen
1996
A Time to Remember
2003
Tryst
1994
Aurora Borealis
2005
Heartless
1997
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
Thieves Like Us
1974
Overnight Sensation
1984
A Perfect Man
2013
Manna from Heaven
2002
Completely Cuckoo
1997
The Magician of Lublin
1979
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
Johnny 316
1998
The Girl Gets Moe
1997
Love Kills
1999
Giorgino
1994
Nobody's Fool
1986
After Image
2001
J. Edgar Hoover
1987
Finding Home
2003
Married to a Stranger
1997
Very Mean Men
2000
Sins of the Mind
1997
Silver Man
2000
Blind Vision
1992
Time Served
1999
Natural Enemies
1979
The Contract
1999
Touched by a Killer
2001
Of Two Minds
2012
The Stepford Husbands
1996
Someone Else's Child
1994
The Lucky Star
1982
Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974
Dancing in Twilight
2005
A Dad for Christmas
2006
Mama Dracula
1980
Islands
1984
Clipping Adam
2004
Talk to Me
1984
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006
Boorman and the Devil
2025
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022