Actress Louise Fletcher died on September 23 at the age of 88 at her home in Montdurausse, France. On behalf of the Fletcher family, agent David Shaul informed Deadline of her death. However, the cause of death has yet to be revealed, but David reports that she died in the house she created from a 300-year-old farmhouse, surrounded by her family. Fletcher told her family about her house the next day, saying she couldn’t believe she had built something so much needed to her life.
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Louise Fletcher won an Oscar for her role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
In the 1975 movie version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Louise Fletcher played Nurse Ratched, also known as Mildred Ratched. Her performance earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award. Nurse Ratched is the lead nurse at Salem State Hospital. Salem State Hospital is a psychiatric facility where she has influence over inmates’ access to drugs, privileges, and basic necessities such as food and restrooms. When someone insults her, she takes those rights away.
She is despised by her bosses for her use of antipsychotics and anticonvulsants as well as her brand of psychotherapy, which includes embarrassing patients by carrying out her orders. , to maintain order and prevent patients from misbehaving. The character is considered one of the best villains in the history of cinema. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, directed by Miloš Forman, won five Academy Awards and received generally positive reviews from critics.
All about Louise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher was born on July 22, 1934, into a family of deaf parents and her father founded more than 40 churches for the deaf in Alabama. Roberta, John and Georgianna are her three siblings, and she learned to speak through her aunt. Louise made her television debut in series such as Lawman, Maverick, Untouchables and others. She became famous after being cast as a Westerner because of her height. Louise said that because she was 5 feet 10 inches tall, no television producer felt that a tall woman could be very attractive to anyone. She continued,
“I have gigs in the West because the actors are even taller than me.”
Louise Fletcher has appeared twice as a guest on the CBS courtroom drama Perry Mason. In 1960, she played Roberta McConnell in an episode of the Western television series Tate. She also starred in the 1974 crime film Thieves Like Us co-produced by her husband Jerry Bick.
Louise rose to fame after appearing in the 1975 psychological comedy One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. She continued to appear in films, some of which were box office hits and some that didn’t. Cheap Detective, Brainstorm, Martian Invaders, Blue Steel, Cruel Intentions, The Exorcist II: The Heretic and others on the list.
She played the religious leader Bajoran Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and later appeared in Picket Fences and Joan of Arcadia. John Dashiell Bick and Andrew Wilson Bick are the sons of Louise Fletcher. From 1960 to 1977, she was married to writer and producer Jerry Bick.
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