Louise Fletcher

Highest Rated: 98% The Player (1992)

Lowest Rated: 0% After Image (2001)

Birthday: Jul 22, 1934

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Louise Fletcher's acting career can be divided into two stages. She started out appearing on television shows such as Wagon Train and The Untouchables during the late '50s, but left acting in 1964, two years after marrying movie producer Jerry Bick, to raise a family. She did not return to her craft until appearing in Robert Altman's well-regarded feature film Thieves Like Us in 1974. Fletcher then appeared in the spy thriller Russian Roulette (1975) before Milos Forman cast her in what was to become her signature role, that of the iron-willed, sadistic Nurse Ratched who tormented Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Her believable portrayal won her a Best Actress Oscar and a Golden Globe. Perhaps the highest honor is that her Ratched has become a movie icon, one that has been frequently emulated and parodied in numerous subsequent films. Fletcher was born in Birmingham, AL, to a deaf Episcopalian minister and a deaf mother. She started acting in summer stock following her graduation from the University of North Carolina. Fletcher next moved to Los Angeles and found work as a receptionist before breaking into television. Standing 5'10", the strikingly beautiful Fletcher was often taller than her leading men, something that hindered her first bid at stardom. Since her success with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fletcher has found steady employment as a supporting and character actress on television -- where she received a 1996 Emmy nomination for a guest-star appearance on the highly acclaimed CBS series Picket Fences -- and in feature films. She also has a busy stage career.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
20%	A Perfect Man	Abbie	$388	2013
10%	Cassadaga	Claire	$2.2k	2013
No Score Yet	Of Two Minds	Aunt Will	—	2012
No Score Yet	The Home	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	The Genesis Code	Ellen Taylor	—	2010
No Score Yet	Silver Man	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	A Dennis the Menace Christmas	Mrs. Wilson	—	2007
No Score Yet	The Happiest Day of His Life	Actor	—	2007
19%	The Last Sin Eater	Miz Elda	$0.3M	2007
No Score Yet	Johnny 316	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Me and Luke (A Dad for Christmas)	Glennie	—	2006
68%	Aurora Borealis	Ruth Shorter	—	2006
No Score Yet	Fat Rose and Squeaky	Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick	—	2006
No Score Yet	Dancing in Twilight	Evelyn	—	2005
No Score Yet	Clipping Adam	Grammy	—	2004
No Score Yet	A Time to Remember	Billy Calhoun	—	2003
30%	Finding Home	Esther	—	2003
22%	Manna From Heaven	Mother Superior	$0.2M	2002
65%	Big Eden	Grace	—	2001
0%	After Image	Aunt Cora	—	2001
No Score Yet	Contract	Actor	—	2001
No Score Yet	More Dogs Than Bones	Iva Doll	—	2000
No Score Yet	Time Served	Warden	—	2000
No Score Yet	Touched by a Killer	Judge Erica Robertson	—	2000
No Score Yet	Silver Man	Val	—	2000
No Score Yet	Love Kills	Alena Heiss	—	1999
65%	A Map of the World	Nellie	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Devil's Arithmetic	Aunt Eva	—	1999
49%	Cruel Intentions	Helen Rosemond	—	1999
No Score Yet	Hollywood Salome (Johnny 316)	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Edie & Pen	Judge	—	1997
40%	Breast Men	Mrs. Saunders	—	1997
No Score Yet	Married to a Stranger	Nana	—	1997
No Score Yet	Heartless	Aunt Lydia	—	1997
No Score Yet	Sins of the Mind	Dr. Anna Bingham	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Girl Gets Moe	Gloria	—	1997
13%	High School High	Mrs. Doyle	—	1996
60%	2 Days in the Valley	Evelyn	—	1996
No Score Yet	The Stepford Husbands	Miriam	—	1996
31%	Mulholland Falls	Esther	—	1996
No Score Yet	Frankenstein and Me	Mrs. Perdue	—	1996
33%	Virtuosity	Elizabeth Deane	—	1995
No Score Yet	GIORGINO	Innkeeper	—	1994
No Score Yet	Tryst	Maggie	—	1994
No Score Yet	Tollbooth	Lillian	—	1994
No Score Yet	The Haunting of Seacliff Inn	Dorothy	—	1994
No Score Yet	Return To Two Moon Junction	Belle Delongpre	—	1993
No Score Yet	The Fire Next Time	Sarge	—	1993
98%	The Player	Herself	—	1992
No Score Yet	Blind Vision	Virginia	—	1991
No Score Yet	Nightmare on the 13th Floor	Actor	—	1990
No Score Yet	Shadowzone	Dr. Erhardt	—	1990
71%	Blue Steel	Shirley Turner	—	1990
No Score Yet	Best of the Best	Alex's Mother	—	1989
No Score Yet	Final Notice	Mrs. Lord	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Karen Carpenter Story	Agnes Reuwer Tatum	—	1989
0%	Two Moon Junction	Belle	—	1988
14%	Flowers in the Attic	Grandmother	—	1987
No Score Yet	J. Edgar Hoover	Annie M. Hoover	—	1987
No Score Yet	Nobody's Fool	Pearl	$0.6M	1986
71%	The Boy Who Could Fly	Psychiatrist	—	1986
36%	Invaders from Mars	Mrs. McKeltch	—	1986
No Score Yet	Second Serve	Dr. Sadie M.	—	1986
No Score Yet	Islands	Actor	—	1986
39%	Firestarter	Norma Manders	—	1984
No Score Yet	A Summer to Remember...	Actor	—	1984
63%	Brainstorm	Lillian Reynolds	—	1983
63%	Strange Invaders	Mrs. Benjamin	—	1983
No Score Yet	Grizzly II: The Concert	Actor	—	1983
No Score Yet	The Lady in Red	Anna Sage	—	1982
No Score Yet	Talk to Me	Richard's Mother	—	1982
78%	Strange Behavior	Barbara Moorhead	—	1981
No Score Yet	Mama Dracula	Mamma Dracula	—	1980
No Score Yet	Natural Enemies	Miriam Steward	—	1979
No Score Yet	Magician of Lublin	Emilia	—	1979
46%	The Cheap Detective	Marlene DuChard	—	1978
20%	Exorcist II: The Heretic	Dr. Gene Tuskin	—	1977
95%	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Nurse Ratched	—	1975
No Score Yet	Ruleta Rusa	Midge	—	1975
89%	Thieves Like Us	Mattie	—	1974
No Score Yet	Lucky Star	Actor	—	1929

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
92%	Shameless 2011	Grammy Gallagher	2012
No Score Yet	Private Practice 2007-2013	Pete's Mom Frances	2011 2010
70%	Heroes 2006-2010	Actor	2009
No Score Yet	7th Heaven 1996-2007	Mrs. Wagner	2005
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Birdy	2005
No Score Yet	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993-1999	Kai Winn Kai Wynn Vedek Winn	1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
No Score Yet	The Twilight Zone 1985-1989	Actor	1988

Quotes from Louise Fletcher's Characters

Helen Rosemond:	Sebaaaastian!
Sebastian Valmont:	[Under his breath] Aw fuck me. [Hugging Helen] Aunt Helen! God I've missed you!

Nurse Mildred Ratched:

Your hand is staining my window.

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