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Occupation
  
Actress

Spouse
  
Jerry Bick (m. 1959–1978)

Role
  
Film actress

Name
  
Louise Fletcher

Years active
  
1958–2012


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Full Name
  
Estelle Louise Fletcher

Born
  
July 22, 1934 (age 89) (
1934-07-22
)

Children
  
John Dashiell Bick, Andrew Wilson Bick

Parents
  
Estelle Caldwell, Robert Capers Fletcher

Movies
  
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Cruel Intentions, Flowers in the Attic, Two Moon Junction

Similar People
  
Milos Forman, Will Sampson, Jack Nicholson, Brad Dourif, William Redfield

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Estelle Louise Fletcher (born July 22, 1934) is an American actress.

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She initially debuted in the television series Yancy Derringer in 1958. Also in 1959 she played a young mother on the TV series Wagon Train in, "The Andrew Hale Story", before being cast in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us (1974). The following year, Fletcher gained international recognition for her performance as Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She became only the third actress to win an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for a single performance, after Audrey Hepburn and Liza Minnelli. Other notable film roles include Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Brainstorm (1983), Firestarter (1984), Flowers in the Attic (1987), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Cruel Intentions (1999).

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Later into her career, Fletcher returned to television, appearing as Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as receiving Emmy nominations for her guest-starring roles in Picket Fences and Joan of Arcadia. In 2011-2012 she appeared in a recurring role on the Showtime television series Shameless, as Frank Gallagher's foul-mouthed and hard-living mother who is serving a prison sentence for manslaughter. More recently, she portrayed the recurring role of Rosie on the Netflix series Girlboss (2017).

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Early life

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Fletcher was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the second of four children to Estelle Caldwell and the Reverend Robert Capers Fletcher, an Episcopal missionary from Arab, Alabama. Both of her parents were deaf and worked with the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Fletcher's father founded more than 40 churches for the deaf in Alabama. Fletcher and her siblings, Roberta, John and Georgianna, were all born without any hearing loss; she was taught to speak by a hearing aunt, who also introduced her to acting. After attending the University of North Carolina, she traveled to Los Angeles, California, where she found work as a secretary by day and received acting lessons by night.

Career

Fletcher began appearing in several television series, including Lawman in 1958 and Maverick in 1959. (The Maverick episode, "The Saga of Waco Williams", was the series' highest-rated episode.) Also in 1959, she appeared in the second episode of the original Untouchables TV series (starring Robert Stack), "Ma Barker and Her Boys" as Elouise. In 1960 Fletcher made two guest appearances on Perry Mason, both times as the defendant: Gladys Doyle in "The Case of the Mythical Monkeys," and Susan Connolly in "The Case of the Larcenous Lady." In the summer of 1960, she was cast as Roberta McConnell in the episode "The Bounty Hunter" of the NBC western television series, Tate, starring David McLean.

In 1974, she returned to film in Thieves Like Us, co-produced by her husband and Robert Altman, who also directed. When the two had a falling out on Altman's next project, (Nashville (1975)), Altman decided to cast Lily Tomlin for the role of Linnea Reese, initially created for and by Fletcher. Meanwhile, director Miloš Forman saw Fletcher in Thieves and consequently cast her as McMurphy's nemesis Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Fletcher gained international recognition and fame for the role, winning Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as a BAFTA Award and Golden Globe. When Fletcher accepted her Oscar, she used sign language to thank her parents.

After Cuckoo's Nest, Fletcher had mixed success in film. She made several financially and critically successful films, while others were box office failures. Fletcher's film roles were in such features as Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), The Cheap Detective (1978), The Lady in Red (1979), The Magician of Lublin (1979), Brainstorm (1983), Firestarter (1984), Invaders From Mars (1986), Flowers in the Attic (1987), Two Moon Junction (1988), Best of the Best (1989), Blue Steel (1990), Virtuosity (1995), High School High (1996), and Cruel Intentions (1999, as Sebastian's aunt). Additionally, she played the character Ruth Shorter, a supporting role, in the 2005 film Aurora Borealis alongside Joshua Jackson and Donald Sutherland, and appeared in the Fox Faith film The Last Sin Eater (2007).

Fletcher co-starred in such made-for-TV movies as The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) (as Karen and Richard Carpenter's mother, Agnes), Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990), The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994), and The Stepford Husbands (1996). From 1993 to 1999, she held a recurring role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the scheming Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami. She also earned Emmy Award nominations for her guest roles on the Tom Skerritt's CBS television series, Picket Fences (1996), and later on Joan of Arcadia (2004). In 2009, Fletcher appeared in the NBC series Heroes as the physician mother of character Emma Coolidge. In 2011, she appeared in the Showtime series Shameless as Grammy Gallagher, Frank Gallagher's foul-mouthed and hard-living mother who is serving a prison sentence for manslaughter related to a meth lab explosion.

Personal life

Fletcher married literary agent and producer Jerry Bick in 1960, divorcing in 1977. The couple had two sons, John Dashiell Bick and Andrew Wilson Bick. Fletcher took an 11-year hiatus from acting to raise her sons. Fletcher received an honorary degree from Gallaudet University in 1982.

Filmography

Actress
2017
Girlboss (TV Series) as
Rosie
- The Launch (2017) - Rosie
- Sophia (2017) - Rosie
2013
A Perfect Man as
Abbie
2012
And Out, Into the Bright Blue Sky (Short)(voice)
2012
Bad Girls (TV Movie)
2012
Of Two Minds (TV Movie) as
Aunt Will
2011
Shameless (TV Series) as
Peg Gallagher
- Parenthood (2012) - Peg Gallagher
- A Bottle of Jean Nate (2012) - Peg Gallagher
- Can I Have a Mother (2012) - Peg Gallagher
- Daddyz Girl (2011) - Peg Gallagher
2011
Mistaken Identity (Short)
2011
Rewired (Short)
2011
Cassadaga as
Claire
2010
Private Practice (TV Series) as
Frances Wilder
- The Hardest Part (2011) - Frances Wilder
- Can't Find My Way Back Home (2010) - Frances Wilder
2010
The Genesis Code as
Ellen Taylor
2009
Heroes (TV Series) as
Dr. Coolidge
- Chapter Four 'Hysterical Blindness' (2009) - Dr. Coolidge
- Chapter Two 'Ink' (2009) - Dr. Coolidge
2007
A Dennis the Menace Christmas (Video) as
Martha Wilson
2007
Dancing in Twilight as
Evelyn
2007
The Last Sin Eater as
Miz Elda
2006
A Dad for Christmas (TV Movie) as
Glennie
2006
Fat Rose and Squeaky as
Bonnie
2005
ER (TV Series) as
Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
- Carter est Amoureux (2005) - Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
- Ruby Redux (2005) - Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
- Refusal of Care (2005) - Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
2005
7th Heaven (TV Series) as
Mrs. Wagner
- Honor Thy Mother (2005) - Mrs. Wagner
2005
Aurora Borealis as
Ruth
2004
Wonderfalls (TV Series) as
Vivian Caldwell
- Barrel Bear (2004) - Vivian Caldwell
2004
Clipping Adam as
Grammy
2004
Joan of Arcadia (TV Series) as
Eva Garrison
- Do the Math (2004) - Eva Garrison
2004
It's All Relative (TV Series) as
ER Nurse
- Oscar Interruptus (2004) - ER Nurse
2003
A Time to Remember (TV Movie) as
Billy Calhoun
2003
Finding Home as
Esther
2003
Silver Man as
Val
2002
Manna from Heaven as
Mother Superior
2001
Touched by a Killer as
Judge Erica Robertson
2001
After Image as
Aunt Cora
2000
Any Day Now (TV Series) as
Tillie Simms
- Three Lucky Ladies on the Line (2000) - Tillie Simms
2000
More Dogs Than Bones as
Iva Doll
2000
Very Mean Men as
Katherine Mulroney
2000
Big Eden as
Grace Cornwell
1999
The Contract as
Grandma Collins
1999
A Map of the World as
Nellie Goodwin
1999
Time Served (TV Movie) as
Warden Mildred Reinecke
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) as
Kai Winn / Vedek Winn
- What You Leave Behind (1999) - Kai Winn
- When It Rains- (1999) - Kai Winn
- The Changing Face of Evil (1999) - Kai Winn
- Strange Bedfellows (1999) - Kai Winn
- 'Til Death Do Us Part (1999) - Kai Winn
- The Reckoning (1998) - Kai Winn
- In the Cards (1997) - Kai Winn
- Rapture (1996) - Kai Winn
- Shakaar (1995) - Kai Winn
- Life Support (1995) - Kai Winn
- The Collaborator (1994) - Vedek Winn
- The Siege (1993) - Vedek Winn
- The Circle (1993) - Vedek Winn
- In the Hands of the Prophets (1993) - Vedek Winn
1999
The Devil's Arithmetic (TV Movie) as
Aunt Eva
1999
Cruel Intentions as
Helen Rosemond
1998
Brimstone (TV Series) as
Evelyn McNabb
- Encore (1998) - Evelyn McNabb
1998
Fantasy Island (TV Series) as
Doris Leeman
- Dying to Dance (1998) - Doris Leeman
1998
Love Kills as
Alena Heiss
1998
The Practice (TV Series) as
Judge N. Swanson
- Rhyme and Reason (1998) - Judge N. Swanson
1998
Johnny 316 as
Sally's Mother
1998
Profiler (TV Series) as
Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother
- Victims of Victims (1998) - Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother
- Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick (1998) - Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother (uncredited)
1997
Breast Men (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Saunders
1997
Heartless (TV Movie) as
Aunt Lydia McGuffy
1997
Married to a Stranger (TV Movie) as
Nana, Megan's Mother
1997
Sins of the Mind (TV Movie) as
Dr. Anna Bingham
1997
The Girl Gets Moe as
Gloria
1997
Gone Fishin' as
Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
1995
VR.5 (TV Series) as
Mrs. Nora Bloom
- Send Me an Angel (1997) - Mrs. Nora Bloom
- Reunion (1995) - Mrs. Nora Bloom
- 5D (1995) - Mrs. Nora Bloom
- Love and Death (1995) - Mrs. Nora Bloom
- Dr. Strangechild (1995) - Mrs. Nora Bloom
- Pilot (1995) - Mrs. Nora Bloom
1996
High School High as
Principal Evelyn Doyle
1996
2 Days in the Valley as
Evelyn
1996
Frankenstein and Me as
Mrs. Perdue
1996
The Stepford Husbands (TV Movie) as
Miriam Benton
1996
Edie & Pen as
Judge
1996
Picket Fences (TV Series) as
Christine Bey
- Three Weddings and a Meltdown (1996) - Christine Bey
- Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey (1996) - Christine Bey
1996
Mulholland Falls as
Esther (uncredited)
1995
Return to Two Moon Junction as
Belle Delongpre
1995
Virtuosity as
Elizabeth Deane
1995
Dream On (TV Series) as
Joanna
- Try Not to Remember (1995) - Joanna
1994
Someone Else's Child (TV Movie) as
Faye Maddox
1994
Tollbooth as
Lillian
1994
Tryst as
Maggie
1994
Giorgino as
Innkeeper
1994
The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (TV Movie) as
Dorothy O'Hara
1994
On Deadly Ground as
Bartender (uncredited)
1993
The Fire Next Time (TV Mini Series) as
Sarge
- Episode #1.2 (1993) - Sarge
1992
Civil Wars (TV Series) as
Judge Frances Wyler
- The Triumph of DeVille (1992) - Judge Frances Wyler
1992
The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV Series) as
Miss Weldon
- The Dead Man (1992) - Miss Weldon
1992
Blind Vision as
Miss Taylor
1992
The Player as
Louise Fletcher
1992
The Boys of Twilight (TV Series) as
Genelva McPherson
- A Wing and a Prayer (1992) - Genelva McPherson
- The Road Back (1992) - Genelva McPherson
- A Bend in the River (1992) - Genelva McPherson
- Hand Grenades and Horseshoes (1992) - Genelva McPherson
- Pilot (1992) - Genelva McPherson
1991
In a Child's Name (TV Mini Series) as
Jean Taylor
- Episode #1.2 (1991) - Jean Taylor
- Episode #1.1 (1991) - Jean Taylor
1991
Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) as
Agent
- Top Billing (1991) - Agent
1991
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) as
Mother Birch
- Offspring (1991) - Mother Birch
1990
Nightmare on the 13th Floor (TV Movie) as
Letti Gordon
1990
In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) as
Catherine Tyler
- December Days (1990) - Catherine Tyler
1990
Blue Steel as
Shirley Turner
1990
Shadowzone as
Dr. Erhardt
1989
Final Notice (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Lord
1989
Best of the Best as
Mrs. Grady
1989
The Karen Carpenter Story (TV Movie) as
Agnes Carpenter
1988
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Dr. Cline
- The Hunters (1988) - Dr. Cline
1988
Worlds Beyond (TV Series) as
Karen Earl
- Home (1988) - Karen Earl
1988
Two Moon Junction as
Belle Delongpre
1987
Flowers in the Attic as
Grandmother
1987
J. Edgar Hoover (TV Movie) as
Annie M. Hoover
1986
Nobody's Fool as
Pearl
1986
The Boy Who Could Fly as
Dr. Granada
1986
Invaders from Mars as
Mrs. McKeltch
1986
Second Serve (TV Movie) as
Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
1986
Last Waltz on a Tightrope (TV Movie) as
Cynthia Damond
1985
A Summer to Remember (TV Movie) as
Dr. Dolly McKeever
1984
Islands (TV Movie) as
Maureen Davis
1984
Overnight Sensation (Short) as
Evie Peregrine
1984
Once Upon a Time in America as
The Cemetery Directress (Extended Cut)
1984
Firestarter as
Norma Manders
1983
Grizzly II: Revenge as
Eileene Draygon
1983
Brainstorm as
Lillian Reynolds
1983
Strange Invaders as
Mrs. Benjamin
1982
Talk to Me as
Richard's mother
1981
Strange Behavior as
Barbara Moorehead
1980
Mama Dracula as
Mama Dracula
1980
The Lucky Star as
Loes Bakker
1979
Natural Enemies as
Miriam Steward
1979
The Magician of Lublin as
Emilia
1979
The Lady in Red as
Anna Sage
1978
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (TV Movie) as
Sally Kimball
1978
The Cheap Detective as
Marlene DuChard
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic as
Dr. Gene Tuskin
1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as
Nurse Ratched
1975
Russian Roulette as
Midge
1974
Thieves Like Us as
Mattie
1974
Can Ellen Be Saved? (TV Movie) as
Bea Lindsey
1973
Medical Center (TV Series)
- Child of Violence (1973)
1963
A Gathering of Eagles as
Mrs. Kemler
1961
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) as
Aithra McLowery
- The Law Must Be Fair (1961) - Aithra McLowery
1961
The Best of the Post (TV Series)
- Groper in the Dark (1961)
1960
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Susan Connolly / Gladys Doyle
- The Case of the Larcenous Lady (1960) - Susan Connolly
- The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1960) - Gladys Doyle
1960
Tate (TV Series) as
Mrs. McConnell
- The Bounty Hunter (1960) - Mrs. McConnell
1960
Sugarfoot (TV Series) as
Julie Frazer
- Funeral at Forty Mile (1960) - Julie Frazer
1960
The Millionaire (TV Series) as
Holly
- Millionaire Vance Ludlow (1960) - Holly
1959
Wagon Train (TV Series) as
Elizabeth / Martha English
- The Tom Tuckett Story (1960) - Elizabeth
- The Andrew Hale Story (1959) - Martha English
1959
Markham (TV Series) as
Ellen Amery
- Strange Visitor (1959) - Ellen Amery
1959
One Step Beyond (TV Series) as
Jeannie
- The Open Window (1959) - Jeannie
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Eloise
- Ma Barker and Her Boys (1959) - Eloise
1959
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Julia Maltby
- A Bargain in Tombs (1959) - Julia Maltby
1959
Maverick (TV Series) as
Kathy Bent
- The Saga of Waco Williams (1959) - Kathy Bent
1959
Lawman (TV Series) as
Betty Horgan
- The Encounter (1959) - Betty Horgan
1958
Yancy Derringer (TV Series) as
Miss Nellie / Alithea
- Old Dixie (1958) - Miss Nellie / Alithea
1958
Bat Masterson (TV Series) as
Sarah Lou Conant
- Cheyenne Club (1958) - Sarah Lou Conant
1958
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Pete's Girl
- Seven Against the Wall (1958) - Pete's Girl
- The Last Man (1958)
1958
Flight (TV Series)
- Red China Rescue
Thanks
2023
The Oscars (TV Special) (in memoriam)
1997
Completely Cuckoo (Video documentary) (special thanks)
1986
The Boy Who Could Fly (special thanks)
1976
TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards (TV Special documentary) (special thanks)
Self
2022
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (Documentary) as
Self
2021
Hollywood Insider (TV Series) as
Self
- A Tribute to Jack Nicholson: One of the Greatest Actors of Any Generation (2021) - Self
- 10 Great Movie Villains: These Iconic Antagonists Have Left a Lasting Mark on Cinema (2021) - Self
2017
Paul O'Grady's Hollywood (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self / Nurse Ratched
- Heroines (2017) - Self / Nurse Ratched
2016
The 20th Annual Satellite Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Mary Pickford Award Recipient
2012
Milos Forman, un outsider à Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2011
Il était une fois... (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Vol au dessus d'un nid de coucou (2011) - Self
2009
Milos Forman: Co te nezabije... (Documentary) as
Self
2004
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004) - Self
2003
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (TV Special documentary) as
Self
2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Past Winner
1998
The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Past Winner (uncredited)
1997
Completely Cuckoo (Video documentary) as
Self - Nurse Ratched
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Anna Nicole Smith/Louise Fletcher/Dan Hedaya (1995) - Self - Guest
1976
AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Audience Member
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Nicholson (1994) - Self
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978) - Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (1977) - Self (uncredited)
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (1976) - Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1992
One on One with John Tesh (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.155 (1992) - Self - Guest
1981
Sois belle et tais-toi! (Documentary) as
Self
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood (TV Special) as
Self (uncredited)
1978
The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (TV Series) as
Self - Panelist
- Episode dated 19 June 1978 (1978) - Self - Panelist
1978
The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Past Winner
1977
The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1977
The British Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner & Accepting Award for Best Actor
1976
TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards (TV Special documentary) as
Self
1976
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #15.156 (1976) - Self - Guest
- Episode #15.104 (1976) - Self - Guest
1976
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 6 April 1976 (1976) - Self - Guest
1976
The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1976
Dinah! (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #2.116 (1976) - Self - Guest
1976
The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1967
Gypsy (TV Series) as
Self - actress
- Louise Fletcher (1967) - Self - actress
Archive Footage
2022
TCM Remembers 2022 (TV Special) as
Self
2022
Today (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 29 September 2022 (2022) - Self
2022
Fox News Live (TV Series) as
Self - Actress
- Episode dated 24 September 2022 (2022) - Self - Actress
2022
Movie Night Extravaganza (TV Series) as
Self
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (2022) - Self
2018
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Documentary) as
Winn Adami (uncredited)
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (Documentary) as
Mrs. McKeltch (uncredited)
2010
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as
Dr. Gene Tuskin
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (2010) - Dr. Gene Tuskin
2008
Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended Scenes (Video documentary) as
Self
2008
Neues aus der Anstalt (TV Series) as
Nurse Mildred Ratched
- Episode #2.3 (2008) - Nurse Mildred Ratched (uncredited)
2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2003
A Decade Under the Influence (Documentary) as
Self
1992
Oscar's Greatest Moments (Video documentary) as
Self

References

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