Louise Fletcher, Oscar Winner for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ Dies at 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.

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.

Louise Fletcher has sadly died at the age of 88.

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.