Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher

1934-07-21 Birmingham, Alabama, USA 90 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress, 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 ...

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Grizzly II: Revenge

Grizzly II: Revenge

2020

as Eileene Draygon

2.9
Acting

All hell breaks loose when a giant grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of her cubs by poachers, attacks a massive rock concert in the National Park. [...

A Perfect Man

A Perfect Man

2013

as Abbie

4.3
Acting

A philandering husband unknowingly falls back in love with his wife over the phone when she pretends to be another woman.

Of Two Minds

Of Two Minds

2012

as Aunt Will

6.6
Acting

Follows the story of the challenging relationship between Billie and her younger schizophrenic sister, Elizabeth Baby. After their mother dies, Billie...

Cassadaga

Cassadaga

2011

as Claire

5.0
Acting

A deaf girl attempts to contact her sister during a séance, only to connect with the ghost of a murdered woman.

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

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

2011

7.5
Acting

A documentary about the making of Milos Forman's 1975 film ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, featuring interviews with the director, cast, and crew.

The Genesis Code

The Genesis Code

2010

as Ellen Taylor

2.6
Acting

A college hockey player and a female journalism student struggle to find common ground with their spiritual faith and scientific studies.

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…

2009

as Self

6.6
Acting

Why did Milos Forman have to make certain films the way he did? Where does his inner strength come from? What is the story of his life?

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

2009

as Self

2.0
Acting

Documentary on the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

2007

as Martha Wilson

5.5
Acting

A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neig...

The Last Sin Eater

The Last Sin Eater

2007

as Miz Elda

5.5
Acting

In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of We...

A Dad for Christmas

A Dad for Christmas

2006

as Glennie

6.7
Acting

Matt, a 19-year-old student, goes to the hospital to see his newborn son. He learns his girlfriend plans to put the baby up for adoption without his c...

Fat Rose and Squeaky

Fat Rose and Squeaky

2006

as Bonnie

4.0
Acting

The Irish-willed eighty-year-old Bonnie Ash Fitzpatrick and her only friend in life, seventy-year-old Celine Snow disagree on just about everything. W...

Aurora Borealis

Aurora Borealis

2005

as Ruth Shorter

6.5
Acting

A young man struggles to correct his life after the death of his father.

Dancing in Twilight

Dancing in Twilight

2005

as Evelyn

2.2
Acting

When the wife of Indian immigrant Matt Singh dies suddenly (having kept her illness a secret), the successful businessman suddenly finds himself adrif...

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

2004

as Self

Acting

The life and times of famous Jack Nicholson include his 30-years relationship with Anjelica Houston and find out his sister is his real mother.

Clipping Adam

Clipping Adam

2004

as Grammy

6.0
Acting

Despite what he says, Adam is not "fine". The summer before freshman year should be a time full of possibilities, but Adam struggles with family trage...

A Time to Remember

A Time to Remember

2003

as Billy Calhoun

5.7
Acting

An artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has Alzheimers disease.

Finding Home

Finding Home

2003

as Esther

4.7
Acting

Inheriting her grandmother's remote island Inn causes Amanda to re-evaluate her life and decisions.

Manna from Heaven

Manna from Heaven

2002

as Mother Superior

Acting

Manna From Heaven is a comedic fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was ...

After Image

After Image

2001

as Aunt Cora

4.0
Acting

The story of a clairvoyant who falls in love with a crime photographer. Soon, both become involved in the search for a pathological murderer.

Touched by a Killer

Touched by a Killer

2001

as Judge Erica Robertson

5.3
Acting

Crime - When reporter Nicki Barrington investigates a man on death row for the murder of a young woman, she discovers the evidence was circumstantial ...

More Dogs Than Bones

More Dogs Than Bones

2000

as Iva Doll

4.6
Acting

A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.

Very Mean Men

Very Mean Men

2000

as Katherine Mulroney

5.8
Acting

A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, t...

Big Eden

Big Eden

2000

as Grace Cornwell

6.3
Acting

Henry Hart is a young gay artist living in New York City. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry puts his career on hold and returns home to the sma...

Silver Man

Silver Man

2000

as Val

3.5
Acting

The life of a street performer and human oddity with silver skin changes forever when he must save the woman he loves from her abusive ex.

The Contract

The Contract

1999

as Grandma Collins

3.1
Acting

After a bad day with her boss, friend, husband, babysitter etc., Anne goes to a bar. A man offers to solve her problems. As a joke, she signs a napkin...

Love Kills

Love Kills

1999

as Alena Heiss

2.0
Acting

A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.

A Map of the World

A Map of the World

1999

as Nellie Goodwin

6.1
Acting

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property ...

Time Served

Time Served

1999

as Warden Mildred Reinecke

1.5
Acting

When a boy kills his abusive stepfather in self-defense, his mother takes the blame and gets sentenced to a long prison term. The warden is corrupt an...

The Devil's Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

as Aunt Eva

6.8
Acting

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate...

Cruel Intentions

Cruel Intentions

1999

as Helen Rosemond

6.8
Acting

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. I...

Johnny 316

Johnny 316

1998

as Sally's Mother

5.2
Acting

A preacher without resources spends his days reciting Bible verses. One day he meets a young jobless girl who wanders on Hollywood Boulevard. An impos...

Completely Cuckoo

Completely Cuckoo

1997

as Self

5.7
Acting

Behind the scenes interviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Breast Men

Breast Men

1997

as Mrs. Saunders

5.3
Acting

We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, the...

Heartless

Heartless

1997

as Lydia McGuffy

3.3
Acting

A shy young woman receives a heart transplant and undergoes a personality change that may be connected to the murdered donor.

Married to a Stranger

1997

as Nana, Megan's Mother

4.0
Acting

A woman develops severe amnesia after a blow to the head, and can no longer remember her family.

The Girl Gets Moe

The Girl Gets Moe

1997

as Gloria

4.2
Acting

Importing illegal automatic weapons for resale is a big business and Moe is the middleman. Even with the huge monetary rewards available, he finds tha...

Sins of the Mind

Sins of the Mind

1997

as Dr. Anna Bingham

3.5
Acting

A young woman returning from a renaissance fair survives a car accident, but much to her family's horror, the accident damages her brain and she devel...

Gone Fishin'

Gone Fishin'

1997

as Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

4.8
Acting

Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.

High School High

High School High

1996

as Schuldirektorin Evelyn Doyle

5.5
Acting

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students...

2 Days in the Valley

2 Days in the Valley

1996

as Evelyn

6.2
Acting

In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that...

Frankenstein and Me

Frankenstein and Me

1996

as Mrs. Perdue

5.2
Acting

Earl Williams is a dreamer teenager obsessed with monsters, who fantasizes his life as if he were living in the world of the monsters of Universal Stu...

The Stepford Husbands

The Stepford Husbands

1996

as Miriam Benton

6.0
Acting

Something sinister is going on in the town of Stepford, and this time the men should watch their backs.

Edie & Pen

Edie & Pen

1996

as Judge

5.6
Acting

In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband a...

Mulholland Falls

Mulholland Falls

1996

as Esther

6.0
Acting

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Virtuosity

Virtuosity

1995

as Elizabeth Deane

5.5
Acting

The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity...

Someone Else's Child

1994

as Faye Maddox

2.0
Acting

Ten years after the birth of her son, Corey Maddox discovers an awful truth: Her son was switched at birth.

Tryst

Tryst

1994

as Maggie

3.0
Acting

A young man journeys to the estate of rich family in Santa Barbara, California, to visit his mother, who works there as a maid and whom he hasn't seen...

Tollbooth

1994

as Lillian

4.7
Acting

A young woman’s dreams of love are trapped in an empty life of broken promises and futile hopes, as she desperately awaits the return of her long-miss...

Giorgino

Giorgino

1994

as Innkeeper

6.5
Acting

October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of...

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

1994

as Dorothy O'Hara

4.8
Acting

Susan and Mark move to a seaside town to buy an old house and open an inn. They came to look at one house, but Susan is inexplicably drawn to another....

Return to Two Moon Junction

Return to Two Moon Junction

1994

as Belle Delongpre

5.8
Acting

There's a special place in Georgia called Two Moon Junction. It's known for its power of seduction and for awakening the sense with an unquenchable se...

On Deadly Ground

On Deadly Ground

1994

as Bartender (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care w...

Blind Vision

Blind Vision

1992

as Miss Taylor

2.3
Acting

A shy mail clerk becomes embroiled in the investigation of the murder of a man involved with the beautiful neighbor he is obsessed with.

The Player

The Player

1992

as Louise Fletcher

7.2
Acting

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

1990

as Letti Gordon

5.2
Acting

In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself o...

Blue Steel

Blue Steel

1990

as Shirley Turner

5.8
Acting

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the as...

Shadowzone

Shadowzone

1990

as Dr. Erhardt

4.9
Acting

After someone is killed in the subterranean project called "Shadowzone," a NASA captain is called in to investigate. In the project, sleeping subjects...

Best of the Best

Best of the Best

1989

as Mrs. Grady

6.5
Acting

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--...

The Karen Carpenter Story

The Karen Carpenter Story

1989

as Agnes Carpenter

7.2
Acting

Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia. This made-for-TV movie...

Two Moon Junction

Two Moon Junction

1988

as Belle

6.1
Acting

A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugg...

Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic

1987

as Olivia Foxworth

6.3
Acting

After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kep...

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

1987

as Annie M. Hoover

Acting

He battled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, encouraged McCarthy and single-handedly changed the course of history. Hired by F.D.R. to be the direc...

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

1986

as Pearl

4.4
Acting

Cassie, who seeks love and escape from her mundane ordinary life, meets a traveling Shakespeare troupe offering a community acting workshop.

The Boy Who Could Fly

The Boy Who Could Fly

1986

as Dr. Granada

6.3
Acting

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, ...

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

1986

as Mrs. McKeltch

5.5
Acting

In this remake of the classic 1950s sci-fi tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his...

Second Serve

Second Serve

1986

as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop

5.4
Acting

Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashbac...

A Summer to Remember

A Summer to Remember

1985

as Dr. Dolly McKeever

6.2
Acting

Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the world and his family, refusing to accept his new ste...

Islands

1984

as Maureen

Acting

A boy goes to an island

Overnight Sensation

Overnight Sensation

1984

as Evie Peregrine

6.0
Acting

Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After housewi...

Firestarter

Firestarter

1984

as Norma Manders

6.3
Acting

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the...

Talk to Me

Talk to Me

1984

as Mother

Acting

Richard, a successful New York accountant, has a chronic stuttering problem that causes great exhaustion and personal strife for him. After trying a n...

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

1983

as Lillian Reynolds

6.2
Acting

Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results wh...

Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders

1983

as Mrs. Benjamin

4.8
Acting

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

The Lucky Star

The Lucky Star

1982

as Loes Bakker

Acting

In the war-torn Netherlands, a local Jewish boy has vivid escapist fantasies of being in a Hollywood western where good always triumphs.

Strange Behavior

Strange Behavior

1981

as Barbara Moorehead

5.4
Acting

When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being...

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

as Self

6.3
Acting

The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which ...

Mama Dracula

Mama Dracula

1980

as Mama Dracula

3.2
Acting

A female vampire must bathe in the blood of virgins in order to stay alive. The trouble is that virgins are in short supply nowadays, and she is runni...

The Magician of Lublin

The Magician of Lublin

1979

as Emilia

4.5
Acting

Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at the...

Natural Enemies

Natural Enemies

1979

as Miriam Steward

6.2
Acting

Paul Steward, editor of a scientific journal, considers his life to be an empty failure. Awake one morning after a sleepless night, he comes to a deci...

The Lady in Red

The Lady in Red

1979

as Anna Sage

5.7
Acting

A farm girl's life turns upside down after she moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime.

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

1978

as Sally Kimball

1.0
Acting

The wife of a paralytic becomes involved in an extra-marital affair, with his permission.

The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978

as Marlene DuChard

6.3
Acting

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of...

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Exorcist II: The Heretic

1977

as Dr. Gene Tuskin

4.5
Acting

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and kn...

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

1976

as Self

6.0
Acting

Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary with deadpan comedy. TVTV's cameras go behind the ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975

as Nurse Mildred Ratched

8.4
Acting

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and...

Russian Roulette

Russian Roulette

1975

as Midge

4.8
Acting

An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When the prisoner is...

Thieves Like Us

Thieves Like Us

1974

as Mattie

6.6
Acting

Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist be...

Can Ellen Be Saved?

Can Ellen Be Saved?

1974

as Bea Lindsey

3.8
Acting

A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a struggle between her family and the group.

A Gathering of Eagles

A Gathering of Eagles

1963

as Mrs. Kemler

5.4
Acting

Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspect...