Fletcher, who left an indelible impression as icy Nurse Ratched with movie lovers, died in her sleep in her house in France at the age of 88, surrounded by family.
Jack Nicholson, nominated for the best actor Oscar, flashes a grin at a news conference to promote"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in Rome in 1976, alongside co-star Louise Fletcher, who was nominated for best actress. LOS ANGELES — Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died at age 88.
Clutching her Oscar at the 1976 ceremony, Fletcher told the audience, “It looks as though you all hated me.” She was nominated for Emmys for her guest roles on the TV series “Joan of Arcadia” and “Picket Fences,” and had a recurring role as Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” She played the mother of musical duo Carpenters in 1989′s “The Karen Carpenter Story.”
Fletcher married producer Jerry Bick in the early 1960s and gave birth to two sons in quick succession. She decided to put her career on hold to be a stay-at-home mother and didn’t work for 11 years.
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