Louise Fletcher
Date of birth: 1934-07-22
Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Estelle Louise Fletcher, 루이즈 플레쳐
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).
Movie Credits
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975-11-19
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon f
Cruel Intentions
1999-03-05
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower the
Frankenstein and Me
1996-07-12
Earl Williams is a dreamer teenager obsessed with monsters, who fantasizes his life as if he were li
The Player
1992-05-08
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but
Mulholland Falls
1996-04-26
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Two Moon Junction
1988-04-29
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marri
Tryst
1994-11-09
A young man journeys to the estate of rich family in Santa Barbara, California, to visit his mother,
Big Eden
2000-04-18
Henry Hart is a young gay artist living in New York City. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry p
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977-06-17
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon
Firestarter
1984-05-11
Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic
Invaders from Mars
1986-06-06
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
Thieves Like Us
1974-02-11
Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of t
Blue Steel
1990-03-16
Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires
Virtuosity
1995-08-04
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic,
High School High
1996-10-25
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School.
2 Days in the Valley
1996-09-11
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by t
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007-11-13
A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge.
The Last Sin Eater
2007-02-09
In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes d
Strange Behavior
1981-10-16
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connect
Aurora Borealis
2005-04-22
A young man struggles to correct his life after the death of his father.
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976-03-30
Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary
The Cheap Detective
1978-06-23
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accu
Heartless
1997-11-05
A shy young woman receives a heart transplant and undergoes a personality change that may be connect
Brainstorm
1983-09-30
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back senso
Flowers in the Attic
1987-11-20
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a hug
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020-02-17
All hell breaks loose when a giant grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of her cubs by poachers, attac
The Lady in Red
1979-07-01
A farm girl's life turns upside down after she moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cyc
Strange Invaders
1983-09-16
Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined t
The Karen Carpenter Story
1989-01-01
Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before bat
Cassadaga
2011-10-22
A deaf girl attempts to contact her sister during a séance, only to connect with the ghost of a murd
A Summer to Remember
1985-03-27
Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the wo
Shadowzone
1990-02-22
After someone is killed in the subterranean project called "Shadowzone," a NASA captain is called in
Giorgino
1994-10-05
October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a grou
Manna from Heaven
2002-09-14
Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial wi
Natural Enemies
1979-11-01
Paul Steward, editor of a scientific journal, considers his life to be an empty failure. Awake one m
A Gathering of Eagles
1963-06-21
A B-52 commander must prepare his men to pass a grueling inspection.
After Image
2001-01-23
The story of a clairvoyant who falls in love with a crime photographer. Soon, both become involved i
Mama Dracula
1980-11-19
A female vampire must bathe in the blood of virgins in order to stay alive. The trouble is that virg
The Girl Gets Moe
1997-09-06
Importing illegal automatic weapons for resale is a big business and Moe is the middleman. Even with
Finding Home
2003-10-18
Inheriting her grandmother's remote island Inn causes Amanda to re-evaluate her life and decisions.
A Time to Remember
2003-11-23
An artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has
Johnny 316
1998-03-20
A preacher without resources spends his days reciting Bible verses. One day he meets a young jobless
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1994-09-22
Susan and Mark move to a seaside town to buy an old house and open an inn. They came to look at one
A Dad for Christmas
2006-12-03
Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend p
Overnight Sensation
1984-10-01
Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham
Russian Roulette
1975-08-20
An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state
A Perfect Man
2013-11-01
A philandering husband unknowingly falls back in love with his wife over the phone when she pretends
The Stepford Husbands
1996-05-14
Something sinister is going on in the town of Stepford, and this time the men should watch their bac
Second Serve
1986-01-01
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it
Someone Else's Child
1994-12-04
Ten years after the birth of her son, Corey Maddox discovers an awful truth: Her son was switched at
Completely Cuckoo
1997-12-16
Behind the scenes interviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Married to a Stranger
1997-09-28
A woman develops severe amnesia after a blow to the head, and can no longer remember her family.
Time Served
1999-08-05
When a boy kills his abusive stepfather in self-defense, his mother takes the blame and gets sentenc
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994-05-11
There's a special place in Georgia called Two Moon Junction. It's known for its power of seduction a
Edie & Pen
1996-05-10
In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming frie
Breast Men
1997-12-13
We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. H
A Map of the World
1999-09-13
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisco
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981-03-04
The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter,
The Magician of Lublin
1979-11-09
Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career throug
The Boy Who Could Fly
1986-08-15
Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, t
Love Kills
1999-10-04
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills mill
Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974-02-05
A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a
Touched by a Killer
2001-01-01
Crime - When reporter Nicki Barrington investigates a man on death row for the murder of a young wom
Silver Man
2000-01-01
The life of a street performer and human oddity with silver skin changes forever when he must save t
Blind Vision
1992-07-07
A shy mail clerk becomes embroiled in the investigation of the murder of a man involved with the bea
Clipping Adam
2004-04-22
Despite what he says, Adam is not "fine". The summer before freshman year should be a time full of p
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990-10-31
In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write
The Lucky Star
1982-05-28
In the war-torn Netherlands, a local Jewish boy has vivid escapist fantasies of being in a Hollywood
The Contract
1999-10-31
After a bad day with her boss, friend, husband, babysitter etc., Anne goes to a bar. A man offers to
Best of the Best
1989-11-10
A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The tea
Nobody's Fool
1986-11-07
Cassie, who seeks love and escape from her mundane ordinary life, meets a traveling Shakespeare trou
Very Mean Men
2000-06-10
A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the ba
Of Two Minds
2012-10-03
Follows the story of the challenging relationship between Billie and her younger schizophrenic siste
Dancing in Twilight
2005-01-01
When the wife of Indian immigrant Matt Singh dies suddenly (having kept her illness a secret), the s
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011-06-27
A documentary about the making of Milos Forman's 1975 film ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, featurin
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009-10-08
Why did Milos Forman have to make certain films the way he did? Where does his inner strength come f
Fat Rose and Squeaky
2006-08-11
The Irish-willed eighty-year-old Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick and her only friend in life, seventy-year-ol
More Dogs Than Bones
2000-07-14
A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
Tollbooth
1994-11-01
A young woman’s dreams of love are trapped in an empty life of broken promises and futile hopes, as
Talk to Me
1984-01-10
Richard, a successful New York accountant, has a chronic stuttering problem that causes great exhaus
The Genesis Code
2010-08-25
A college hockey player and a female journalism student struggle to find common ground with their sp
Gone Fishin'
1997-05-30
Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999-03-28
An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs
On Deadly Ground
1994-02-18
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's co
J. Edgar Hoover
1987-01-11
He battled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, encouraged McCarthy and single-handedly changed the
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978-11-01
The wife of a paralytic becomes involved in an extra-marital affair, with his permission.
Sins of the Mind
1997-06-11
A young woman returning from a renaissance fair survives a car accident, but much to her family's ho
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009-02-16
Documentary on the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004-08-29
The life and times of famous Jack Nicholson include his 30-years relationship with Anjelica Houston
Islands
1984-11-26
A boy goes to an island
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022-11-09
A group of unknowns noticed that a legendary actress had no star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Boorman and the Devil
2025-09-05
Featuring commentary from surviving participants, as well as other filmmakers and critics, this docu
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014-10-06
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film compa