Mildred Ratched first appears in the Netflix series that bears her name as a cartoon villainess. Gazing disapprovingly — or analytically — at a couple mid-PDA from her turquoise car, the future antagonist of Ken Kesey's novelOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (played in the Milos Forman film adaptation by Louise Fletcher, who won an Oscar for her performance) cuts a gas-station attendant down to size for making friendly if annoying chitchat. “You should bathe more often,” this Nurse Ratched (played by Sarah Paulson) tells him, her blood-hued lips matching her scarlet driving gloves, neck scarf and the large, cursive “R” on her coat.
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