Acting · Birmingham, Alabama, USA · Born July 22, 1934
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).
MovieBoorman and the Devil
2025
as Self
MovieA Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
as Self
MovieGrizzly II: Revenge
2020
as Eileene Draygon
TVGirlboss
2017
as Rosie
MovieElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Mrs. McKeltch (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieA Perfect Man
2013
as Abbie
MovieOf Two Minds
2012
as Aunt Will
MovieCassadaga
2011
as Claire
MovieOnce Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011
as Self
TVShameless
2011
as Peggy Gallagher
MovieThe Genesis Code
2010
as Ellen Taylor
MovieMiloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
as Self
MovieMaking of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
as Self
MovieA Dennis the Menace Christmas
2007
as Martha Wilson
TVPrivate Practice
2007
as Frances Wilder
MovieThe Last Sin Eater
2007
as Miz Elda
MovieA Dad for Christmas
2006
as Glennie
TVHeroes
2006
as Dr. Coolidge
MovieFat Rose and Squeaky
2006
as Bonnie
MovieAurora Borealis
2005
as Ruth Shorter
MovieDancing in Twilight
2005
as Evelyn
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
2004
as Self
MovieClipping Adam
2004
as Grammy
TVWonderfalls
2004
as Vivian Caldwell
MovieA Time to Remember
2003
as Billy Calhoun
MovieFinding Home
2003
as Esther
TVJoan of Arcadia
2003
as Eva Garrison
MovieManna from Heaven
2002
as Mother Superior
MovieAfter Image
2001
as Aunt Cora
MovieTouched by a Killer
2001
as Judge Erica Robertson
MovieMore Dogs Than Bones
2000
as Iva Doll
MovieVery Mean Men
2000
as Katherine Mulroney
MovieBig Eden
2000
as Grace Cornwell
MovieSilver Man
2000
as Val
MovieThe Contract
1999
as Grandma Collins
MovieLove Kills
1999
as Alena Heiss
MovieA Map of the World
1999
as Nellie Goodwin
MovieTime Served
1999
as Warden Mildred Reinecke
MovieThe Devil's Arithmetic
1999
as Aunt Eva
MovieCruel Intentions
1999
as Helen Rosemond
TVBrimstone
1998
as Evelyn McNabb
TVFantasy Island
1998
as Doris Leeman
MovieJohnny 316
1998
as Sally's Mother
MovieCompletely Cuckoo
1997
as Self
MovieBreast Men
1997
as Mrs. Saunders
MovieHeartless
1997
as Lydia McGuffy
Married to a Stranger
1997
as Nana, Megan's Mother
MovieThe Girl Gets Moe
1997
as Gloria
MovieSins of the Mind
1997
as Dr. Anna Bingham
MovieGone Fishin'
1997
as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
TVThe Practice
1997
as Judge N. Swanson
MovieHigh School High
1996
as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle
TVProfiler
1996
as Miriam Newquay
Movie2 Days in the Valley
1996
as Evelyn
TV7th Heaven
1996
as Mrs. Wagner
MovieFrankenstein and Me
1996
as Mrs. Perdue
MovieThe Stepford Husbands
1996
as Miriam Benton
MovieEdie & Pen
1996
as Judge
MovieMulholland Falls
1996
as Esther
MovieVirtuosity
1995
as Elizabeth Deane
TVVR.5
1995
as Mrs. Nora Bloom
Someone Else's Child
1994
as Faye Maddox
MovieTryst
1994
as Maggie
MovieTollbooth
1994
as Lillian
MovieGiorgino
1994
as Innkeeper
MovieThe Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1994
as Dorothy O'Hara
TVER
1994
as Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
MovieReturn to Two Moon Junction
1994
as Belle Delongpre
MovieOn Deadly Ground
1994
as Bartender (uncredited)
TVThe Fire Next Time
1993
as Sarge
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Vedek Winn
MovieBlind Vision
1992
as Miss Taylor
MovieThe Player
1992
as Louise Fletcher
TVIn a Child's Name
1991
as Jean Taylor
MovieNightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
as Letti Gordon
TVDream On
1990
as Joanna
MovieBlue Steel
1990
as Shirley Turner
MovieShadowzone
1990
as Dr. Erhardt
MovieBest of the Best
1989
as Mrs. Grady
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Agent
MovieThe Karen Carpenter Story
1989
as Agnes Carpenter
MovieTwo Moon Junction
1988
as Belle Delongpre
MovieFlowers in the Attic
1987
as Olivia Foxworth
MovieJ. Edgar Hoover
1987
as Annie M. Hoover
MovieNobody's Fool
1986
as Pearl
TVWorlds Beyond
1986
as Karen Earl
MovieThe Boy Who Could Fly
1986
as Dr. Granada
MovieInvaders from Mars
1986
as Mrs. McKeltch
MovieSecond Serve
1986
as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as Dr. Cline
TVThe Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
MovieA Summer to Remember
1985
as Dr. Dolly McKeever
MovieIslands
1984
as Maureen
MovieOvernight Sensation
1984
as Evie Peregrine
MovieOnce Upon a Time in America
1984
as Director of Riverdale Cemetery
MovieFirestarter
1984
as Norma Manders
MovieTalk to Me
1984
as Mother
TVThe Hitchhiker
1983
as Mother Birch
MovieBrainstorm
1983
as Lillian Reynolds
MovieStrange Invaders
1983
as Mrs. Benjamin
MovieThe Lucky Star
1982
as Loes Bakker
MovieStrange Behavior
1981
as Barbara Moorehead
MovieBe Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
MovieMama Dracula
1980
as Mama Dracula
MovieThe Magician of Lublin
1979
as Emilia
MovieNatural Enemies
1979
as Miriam Steward
MovieThe Lady in Red
1979
as Anna Sage
MovieThou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
1978
as Sally Kimball
MovieThe Cheap Detective
1978
as Marlene DuChard
MovieExorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Dr. Gene Tuskin
MovieTVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
MovieOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Nurse Mildred Ratched
MovieRussian Roulette
1975
as Midge
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieThieves Like Us
1974
as Mattie
MovieCan Ellen Be Saved?
1974
as Bea Lindsey
TVMedical Center
1969
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
MovieA Gathering of Eagles
1963
as Mrs. Kemler
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVTate
1960
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Eloise
TVThe Troubleshooters
1959
as Dellie
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Jeannie
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Sarah Lou Conant
TVLawman
1958
TVYancy Derringer
1958
as Miss Nellie / Alithea
TVMaverick
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Gladys Doyle
TVWagon Train
1957
as Elizabeth
TVSugarfoot
1957
as Julie Frazer
TVThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Aithra McLowery
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Holly
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
