Louise Fletcher of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest passes away at age 88

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Ken Kesey’s countercultural novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. As Nurse Ratched, who instils fear into the patients in a mental institution without ever raising her voice, she was calmly terrifying. The part had shades of the panto villain about it, but Fletcher permitted vital glimpses into the human control-freak beneath this worthy exterior, notably in her standoffs with Jack Nicholson as the rebellious anti-hero McMurphy.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, has died aged 88.In a statement shared with Deadline, Fletcher’s family revealed that she died in her sleep at her home in Montdurausse, France.After being born in Birmingham, Alabama, Fletcher’s first roles came in TV Westerns including Lawman and Maverick in the 1950s.Her most famous role came in the 1975 film adaptation of , which saw her star as Nurse Ratched alongside Jack Nicholson.For the role, she won an Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, becoming only the third woman to do so.In her acceptance speech at the Oscars, she gave a nod to her deaf parents by giving the speech in sign language.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest actress Louise Fletcher has died at the age of 88. The actress famously played Nurse Ratched in the classic movie, a performance that went on to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the first movies in decades to sweep up nominations at the awards ceremony, and go onto win multiple accolades including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Michael Douglas has become one of the latest celebrities to pay tribute to legendary actress Louise Fletcher.The Nurse Ratched star passed away at her home in the south of France on Friday, September 23, 2022.Michael took to Instagram to share a thowback black-and-white picture of himself and Louise looking elegant at an event.In view of his one million followers, the Basic Instinct actor captioned the shot: "RIP Louise Fletcher."A rare and unique talent as well as a lovely lady who will be deeply missed!"Other well-known faces who paid homage to the late actress on social media include Jonathan Frakes.Jonathan shared a picture of Louise with his 592,100 Twitter followers, writing: "RIP Nurse Ratched #LouiseFletcher"Sharing a picture of Louise, actress Marlee Matlin tweeted: "Sad to read of the passing of Louise Fletcher."Brilliant actress & Academy Award winner, I remember her as the daughter of Deaf parents (CODA) who was the FIRST to sign her acceptance speech at the Oscars."And she was so lovely as my mother on 'Picket Fences.' RIP dear Louise."Fans of the late film star also inundated the social media platform with tributes for her.NewWaveTrekkie said: "I just heard about Louise Fletcher.She was a great actress who was more than just a good plug into a villain role."She had presence, talent, and beautifully underrated eyes."Her place in entertainment will be forever and fondly remembered by me.

Star Trek fans have come out in their droves to pay tribute to the late Louise Fletcher, celebrating her performance as the villainous Kai Winn in the franchise following her death. In an announcement made by her son Andrew Bick, it was revealed that Fletcher – best-known for playing the dreaded Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest – had died at the age of 88. The Oscar-winning actress died from natural causes at her home in Montdurausse, France, having acted from the late 1950s up until her most recent on-screen role in the 2017 Netflix series Girlboss.

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. Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent said. No cause was given.

, has died. She was 88.According to multiple reports, the actress died Friday at her home in the south of France.

Award-winning actress Louise Fletcher has died at age 88.

Louise Fletcher, the Oscar-winning actress known for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, has died aged 88. Fletcher's agent said she died at her home in France. The actress set a new standard for screen villains when she played opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1975 movie, for which she would win the Academy Award for best actress, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.

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.Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent David Shaul told The Associated Press on Friday. No cause was given.After putting her career on hold for years to raise her children, Fletcher was in her early 40s and little known when chosen for the role opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1975 film by director Milos Forman, who had admired her work the year before in director Robert Altman’s “Thieves Like Us.” At the time, she didn’t know that many other prominent stars, including Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn and Angela Lansbury, had turned it down.“I was the last person cast,” she recalled in a 2004 interview.

Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died at the age of 88.The actress, who won an Oscar for her performance as the chillingly corrupt nurse, died on Friday September 23 at her home in Montdurausse, France from natural causes, her son Andrew Bick told The Hollywood Reporter.Born in July 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama as the second of four children to Deaf parents, her father, a reverend, founded more than 40 churches in the US state for people who are Deaf.Fletcher survived breast cancer twice in her life.Having begun her acting career in the late 1950s, appearing in TV series including Lawman and Maverick, the actress went on to star in the 1974 crime film Thieves Like Us, which helped bag her the role of Ratched in the 1975 adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.The film, based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey, stars Jack Nicholson as mental institution patient Randle McMurphy.The patients at the institution team up against the tyrannical Nurse Mildred Ratched, exerting her power over them by means including her own version of psychotherapy and antipsychotic drugs.Nurse Ratched is widely regarded as one of the greatest fictional villains of all time, having been played by Joan Tetzel on stage and by Sarah Paulson in the 2020 TV series about the character.When Fletcher accepted her Oscar for the role, she famously used sign language to thank her parents in her speech, choking up as she expressed how much they meant to her.She also joked with the audience that ‘it looks like you all hated me so much that you’ve given me this award for it’, before adding: ‘I’ve loved being hated by you.’Following One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fletched went on to play Dr Gene Tuskin in the sequel to The

Louise Fletcher has sadly died at the age of 88.

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Carmel Dagan Staff Writer Louise Fletcher, who won the best actress Oscar for her indelible performance as Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” died Friday at her home in France, according to a rep. She was 88. The classic film, based on Ken Kesey’s novel and exploring the repressive tendency of authority through the story of the patients and staff of a psych ward, won five Oscars in 1976, including best picture and best actor for Jack Nicholson. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was the first film in more than four decades to sweep the major categories of best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay. It was nominated for an additional four Oscars and was also a substantial box office hit.

Louise Fletcher, whose Oscar-winning performance as the sadistic Nurse Ratched in 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest gave Hollywood one of its greatest all-time villains and provided the culture with a portrait of bureaucratic evil so indelible that the character’s last name could carry a TV series 45 years later, died Friday at her home in Montdurausse, France. She was 88.