Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

Known for
Acting
Born
July 22, 1934
Died
September 23, 2022 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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).

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Boorman and the Devil poster

Boorman and the Devil

Movie · as Self

2025
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story poster

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Movie · as Self

2025
Breakdown: 1975 poster

Breakdown: 1975

Movie · as (archive footage)

2020
Grizzly II: Revenge poster

Grizzly II: Revenge

Movie · as Eileene Draygon

2017
Girlboss poster

Girlboss

TV · as Rosie · 2 eps

2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films poster

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Movie · as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013
A Perfect Man poster

A Perfect Man

Movie · as Abbie

2012
Of Two Minds poster

Of Two Minds

Movie · as Aunt Will

2011
Cassadaga poster

Cassadaga

Movie · as Claire

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

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

Movie · as Self

2011
Shameless poster

Shameless

TV · as Peggy Gallagher · 4 eps

2010
The Genesis Code poster

The Genesis Code

Movie · as Ellen Taylor

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

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

Movie · as Self

2009
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest poster

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Movie · as Self

2007
A Dennis the Menace Christmas poster

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

Movie · as Martha Wilson

2007
The Last Sin Eater poster

The Last Sin Eater

Movie · as Miz Elda

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Frances Wilder · 2 eps

2006
A Dad for Christmas poster

A Dad for Christmas

Movie · as Glennie

2006
Fat Rose and Squeaky poster

Fat Rose and Squeaky

Movie · as Bonnie

2006
Heroes poster

Heroes

TV · as Dr. Coolidge · 2 eps

2005
Aurora Borealis poster

Aurora Borealis

Movie · as Ruth Shorter

2005
Dancing in Twilight poster

Dancing in Twilight

Movie · as Evelyn

2004
Clipping Adam poster

Clipping Adam

Movie · as Grammy

2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Movie · as Self

2004
Wonderfalls poster

Wonderfalls

TV · as Vivian Caldwell · 1 ep

2003
Finding Home poster

Finding Home

Movie · as Esther

2003
A Time to Remember poster

A Time to Remember

Movie · as Billy Calhoun

2003
Joan of Arcadia poster

Joan of Arcadia

TV · as Eva Garrison · 1 ep

2002
Manna from Heaven poster

Manna from Heaven

Movie · as Mother Superior

2001
After Image poster

After Image

Movie · as Aunt Cora

2001
Touched by a Killer poster

Touched by a Killer

Movie · as Judge Erica Robertson

2000
Big Eden poster

Big Eden

Movie · as Grace Cornwell

2000
Silver Man poster

Silver Man

Movie · as Val

2000
Very Mean Men poster

Very Mean Men

Movie · as Katherine Mulroney

2000
More Dogs Than Bones poster

More Dogs Than Bones

Movie · as Iva Doll

1999
Cruel Intentions poster

Cruel Intentions

Movie · as Helen Rosemond

1999
Time Served poster

Time Served

Movie · as Warden Mildred Reinecke

1999
A Map of the World poster

A Map of the World

Movie · as Nellie Goodwin

1999
Love Kills poster

Love Kills

Movie · as Alena Heiss

1999
The Contract poster

The Contract

Movie · as Grandma Collins

1999
The Devil's Arithmetic poster

The Devil's Arithmetic

Movie · as Aunt Eva

1998
Johnny 316 poster

Johnny 316

Movie · as Sally's Mother

1998
Brimstone poster

Brimstone

TV · as Evelyn McNabb · 1 ep

1998
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Doris Leeman · 1 ep

1997
Heartless poster

Heartless

Movie · as Aunt Lydia McGuffy

1997
The Girl Gets Moe poster

The Girl Gets Moe

Movie · as Gloria

1997
Completely Cuckoo poster

Completely Cuckoo

Movie · as Self

1997
Married to a Stranger

Married to a Stranger

Movie · as Nana, Megan's Mother

1997
Breast Men poster

Breast Men

Movie · as Mrs. Saunders

1997
Gone Fishin' poster

Gone Fishin'

Movie · as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

1997
Sins of the Mind poster

Sins of the Mind

Movie · as Dr. Anna Bingham

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Judge N. Swanson · 1 ep

1996
Frankenstein and Me poster

Frankenstein and Me

Movie · as Mrs. Perdue

1996
Mulholland Falls poster

Mulholland Falls

Movie · as Esther

1996
High School High poster

High School High

Movie · as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle

1996
2 Days in the Valley poster

2 Days in the Valley

Movie · as Evelyn

1996
The Stepford Husbands poster

The Stepford Husbands

Movie · as Miriam Benton

1996
Edie & Pen poster

Edie & Pen

Movie · as Judge

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as Mrs. Wagner · 1 ep

1996
Profiler poster

Profiler

TV · as Miriam Newquay · 1 ep

1995
Virtuosity poster

Virtuosity

Movie · as Elizabeth Deane

1995
VR.5 poster

VR.5

TV · as Mrs. Nora Bloom · 5 eps

1994
Tryst poster

Tryst

Movie · as Maggie

1994
Giorgino poster

Giorgino

Movie · as Innkeeper

1994
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn poster

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

Movie · as Dorothy O'Hara

1994
Someone Else's Child

Someone Else's Child

Movie · as Faye Maddox

1994
Return to Two Moon Junction poster

Return to Two Moon Junction

Movie · as Belle Delongpre

1994
Tollbooth poster

Tollbooth

Movie · as Lillian

1994
On Deadly Ground poster

On Deadly Ground

Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick · 3 eps

1993
The Fire Next Time poster

The Fire Next Time

TV · as Sarge · 2 eps

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

TV · as Vedek Winn, Kai Winn · 4 eps

1992
The Player poster

The Player

Movie · as Louise Fletcher

1992
Blind Vision poster

Blind Vision

Movie · as Miss Taylor

1991
In a Child's Name poster

In a Child's Name

TV · as Jean Taylor · 2 eps

1990
Blue Steel poster

Blue Steel

Movie · as Shirley Turner

1990
Shadowzone poster

Shadowzone

Movie · as Dr. Erhardt

1990
Nightmare on the 13th Floor poster

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

Movie · as Letti Gordon

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Joanna · 1 ep

1989
The Karen Carpenter Story poster

The Karen Carpenter Story

Movie · as Agnes Carpenter

1989
Best of the Best poster

Best of the Best

Movie · as Mrs. Grady

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Agent · 1 ep

1988
Two Moon Junction poster

Two Moon Junction

Movie · as Belle Delongpre

1987
Flowers in the Attic poster

Flowers in the Attic

Movie · as Olivia Foxworth

1987
J. Edgar Hoover poster

J. Edgar Hoover

Movie · as Annie M. Hoover

1986
Invaders from Mars poster

Invaders from Mars

Movie · as Mrs. McKeltch

1986
Second Serve poster

Second Serve

Movie · as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop

1986
The Boy Who Could Fly poster

The Boy Who Could Fly

Movie · as Dr. Granada

1986
Nobody's Fool poster

Nobody's Fool

Movie · as Pearl

1986
Worlds Beyond poster

Worlds Beyond

TV · as Karen Earl · 1 ep

1985
A Summer to Remember poster

A Summer to Remember

Movie · as Dr. Dolly McKeever

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Dr. Cline · 1 ep

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

TV · 1 ep

1984
Firestarter poster

Firestarter

Movie · as Norma Manders

1984
Overnight Sensation poster

Overnight Sensation

Movie · as Evie Peregrine

1984
Talk to Me poster

Talk to Me

Movie · as Mother

1984
Islands poster

Islands

Movie · as Maureen

1984
Once Upon a Time in America poster

Once Upon a Time in America

Movie · as Director of Riverdale Cemetery

1983
Brainstorm poster

Brainstorm

Movie · as Lillian Reynolds

1983
Strange Invaders poster

Strange Invaders

Movie · as Mrs. Benjamin

1983
The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker

TV · as Mother Birch · 1 ep

1982
The Lucky Star poster

The Lucky Star

Movie · as Loes Bakker

1981
Dead Kids poster

Dead Kids

Movie · as Barbara Moorehead

1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up! poster

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Movie · as Self

1980
Mama Dracula poster

Mama Dracula

Movie · as Mama Dracula

1979
The Lady in Red poster

The Lady in Red

Movie · as Anna Sage

1979
Natural Enemies poster

Natural Enemies

Movie · as Miriam Steward

1979
The Magician of Lublin poster

The Magician of Lublin

Movie · as Emilia

1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1978
The Cheap Detective poster

The Cheap Detective

Movie · as Marlene DuChard

1978
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery poster

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

Movie · as Sally Kimball

1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic poster

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Movie · as Dr. Gene Tuskin

1976
TVTV Looks at the Oscars poster

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

Movie · as Self

1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest poster

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Movie · as Nurse Mildred Ratched

1975
Russian Roulette poster

Russian Roulette

Movie · as Midge

1974
Thieves Like Us poster

Thieves Like Us

Movie · as Mattie

1974
Can Ellen Be Saved? poster

Can Ellen Be Saved?

Movie · as Bea Lindsey

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · 1 ep

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1963
A Gathering of Eagles poster

A Gathering of Eagles

Movie · as Mrs. Kemler

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
Tate poster

Tate

TV · 1 ep

1959
One Step Beyond poster

One Step Beyond

TV · as Jeannie · 1 ep

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as Eloise · 1 ep

1959
The Troubleshooters poster

The Troubleshooters

TV · as Dellie · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · 1 ep

1958
Yancy Derringer poster

Yancy Derringer

TV · as Miss Nellie / Alithea · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Sarah Lou Conant · 1 ep

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Gladys Doyle, Susan Connolly · 1 ep

1957
Sugarfoot poster

Sugarfoot

TV · as Julie Frazer · 1 ep

1957
Maverick poster

Maverick

TV · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Elizabeth · 1 ep

1955
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

TV · as Holly · 1 ep

1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp poster

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV · as Aithra McLowery · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep