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Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

Highest Rated: 100% The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)

Lowest Rated: 0% After Image (2001)

Birthday: Jul 22, 1934

Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

An American film and television actress of considerable and quiet strength, Louise Fletcher won the Academy Award in 1975 as the unforgettable, iron-willed Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." The role and subsequent honors were seen by the press as the high point of Fletcher's screen career, since none of the projects that followed, which included "Exorcist II: The Heretic" (1979), "Brainstorm" (1983) and "Invaders from Mars" (1987) matched its box office or critical returns. However, Fletcher worked steadily after "Cuckoo's Nest," earning Emmy nominations for television turns and accepting the notion of "the Oscar curse" with patience and good humor, confident in the knowledge that she had created one of cinema's most enduring villains.

Highest rated movies

100% The Karen Carpenter Story
93% One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
84% Thieves Like Us
83% The Lady in Red
80% Strange Behavior
75% Blue Steel
69% Aurora Borealis
67% A Map of the World

Photos

EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, Louise Fletcher, Linda Blair, 1977 EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, 1977. (c) Warner Bros.. EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, Louise Fletcher, 1977. (c) Warner Bros.. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Louise Fletcher, 1975 AURORA BOREALIS, Louise Fletcher, director James Burke, Donald Sutherland, on set, 2005. ©Regent Releasing AURORA BOREALIS, Louise Fletcher, 2005. ©Regent Releasing THE CHEAP DETECTIVE, Peter Falk, Louise Fletcher, Fernando Lamas, 1978 THE MAGICIAN OF LUBLIN, (aka HA KOSEM MI'LUBLIN), Louise Fletcher, 1979, Cannon Films ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Louise Fletcher, Jack Nicholson, 1975 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Louise Fletcher, Jack Nicholson, 1975 THIEVES LIKE US, Shelley Duvall, Louise Fletcher, 1974 THIEVES LIKE US, Louise Fletcher, Shelley Duvall, 1974 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Louise Fletcher, Jack Nicholson, Ted Markland, 1975. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, 1975 CHEAP DETECTIVE, Madeline Kahn, Louise Fletcher, Peter Falk, Marsha Mason, Stockard Channing, Eileen Brennan, Ann-Margret, 1978 THIEVES LIKE US, Shelley Duvall, Louise Fletcher, 1974 THE CHEAP DETECTIVE, clockwise from left: Louise Fletcher, Stockard Channing, Eileen Brennan, Ann-Margret, Marsha Mason, Madeline Kahn, Peter Falk (center), 1978. ©Columbia Pictures EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, Max Von Sydow, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, 1977. (c) Warner Bros.. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Louise Fletcher, 1975 EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC, Louise Fletcher, Linda Blair, 1977. (c) Warner Bros..
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story Self - 2022
20% 23% A Perfect Man Abbie (Character) $388 2012
No Score Yet 51% Of Two Minds Aunt Will (Character) - 2012
18% 25% Cassadaga Claire (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 73% The Genesis Code Ellen Taylor (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 41% A Dennis the Menace Christmas Mrs. Martha Wilson (Character) - 2007
22% 72% The Last Sin Eater Miz Elda (Character) $379.6K 2007
No Score Yet 72% Me and Luke Glennie (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 67% Fat Rose and Squeaky Unknown (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 71% Dancing in Twilight Evelyn (Character) - 2005
69% 64% Aurora Borealis Ruth (Character) $60.6K 2005
No Score Yet 57% Clipping Adam Grammy (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 67% A Time to Remember Billy Calhoun (Character) - 2003
30% 54% Finding Home Esther (Character) - 2003
0% 16% After Image Aunt Cora (Character) - 2001
22% 53% Manna From Heaven Mother Superior (Character) $505.7K 2001
No Score Yet 17% Silver Man Val (Character) - 2000
64% 79% Big Eden Grace Cornwell (Character) $511.2K 2000
No Score Yet 57% More Dogs Than Bones Iva Doll (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Very Mean Men Katherine Mulroney (Character) - 2000
67% 55% A Map of the World Nellie Goodwin (Character) $593.6K 1999
No Score Yet 68% The Devil's Arithmetic Aunt Eva (Character) - 1999
53% 80% Cruel Intentions Helen Rosemond (Character) $38.6M 1999
No Score Yet 43% Time Served Warden Mildred Reinecke (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Contract Grandma Collins (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Kills Alena Heiss (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl Gets Moe Gloria (Character) - 1997
50% 33% Breast Men Mrs. Saunders (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heartless Aunt Lydia McGuffy (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sins of the Mind Dr. Anna Bingham (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Married to a Stranger Nana (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 33% Edie & Pen Judge (Character) - 1996
60% 54% 2 Days in the Valley Evelyn (Character) $11.1M 1996
19% 37% High School High Principal Evelyn Doyle (Character) $21.0M 1996
No Score Yet 58% The Stepford Husbands Miriam Benton (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 58% Frankenstein and Me Mrs. Perdue (Character) - 1996
32% 32% Virtuosity Elizabeth Deane (Character) $23.2M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Someone Else's Child Faye Maddox (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 12% The Haunting of Seacliff Inn Dorothy O'Hara (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 55% Return to Two Moon Junction Belle Delongpre (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tryst Maggie (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 36% Tollbooth Lillian (Character) - 1994
75% 36% Blue Steel Shirley Turner (Character) $7.7M 1990
No Score Yet 49% Nightmare on the 13th Floor Letti Gordon (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 32% Shadowzone Dr. Erhardt (Character) - 1989
100% 87% The Karen Carpenter Story Agnes Carpenter (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Final Notice Unknown (Character) - 1989
0% 49% Two Moon Junction Belle (Character) $1.5M 1988
20% 50% Flowers in the Attic Grandmother (Character) $13.1M 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet J. Edgar Hoover Annie M. Hoover (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Second Serve Dr. Sadie M. Bishop (Character) - 1986
0% 41% Nobody's Fool Pearl (Character) $258.1K 1986
64% 69% The Boy Who Could Fly Psychiatrist (Character) $6.3M 1986
38% 33% Invaders From Mars Mrs. McKeltch (Character) $4.8M 1986
No Score Yet 89% A Summer to Remember Dr. Dolly McKeever (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Overnight Sensation Eve Peregrine (Character) - 1984
40% 53% Firestarter Norma Manders (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grizzly II: Revenge Eileene Draygon (Character) - 1983
57% 56% Brainstorm Lillian Reynolds (Character) - 1983
67% 34% Strange Invaders Mrs. Benjamin (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Talk to Me Richard's mother (Character) - 1982
80% 45% Strange Behavior Barbara Moorehead (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 11% Mamma Dracula Mama Dracula (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Natural Enemies Miriam Steward (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucky Star Loes Bakker (Character) - 1980
83% 44% The Lady in Red Anna Sage (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Magician of Lublin Emilia (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin Anna Sage (Character) - 1979
53% 57% The Cheap Detective Marlene DuChard (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery Sally Kimball (Character) - 1978
11% 13% Exorcist II: The Heretic Dr. Gene Tuskin (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 33% Russian Roulette Midge (Character) - 1975
93% 96% One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Nurse Mildred Ratched (Character) - 1975
84% 72% Thieves Like Us Mattie (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Can Ellen Be Saved? Bea Lindsey (Character) - 1974

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 81% Private Practice Frances Wilder (Guest Star) 2010-2011
82% 82% Shameless Peg Gallagher (Guest Star) 2011
52% 65% Heroes Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 85% ER Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick (Guest Star) 2005
96% 62% Joan of Arcadia Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
14% No Score Yet It's All Relative Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
91% 89% Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Vedek Winn (Guest Star) 1993-1999
35% 80% Brimstone Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Practice Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Profiler Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
82% 92% Picket Fences Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
83% No Score Yet VR.5 Mrs. Nora Bloom (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ray Bradbury Theater Miss Weldon (Character) 1992
82% 92% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Unknown (Character) 1991
No Score Yet 83% The Twilight Zone Unknown (Character) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Aithra McLowery (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Susan Connolly (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sugarfoot Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Elizabeth (Guest Star) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Step Beyond Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Julia Maltby (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson Sarah Lou Conant (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet 85% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1958