Louise Fletcher Biography

Birthday: 1934-07-22
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama USA
Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
Wiki Biography: Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. After graduating from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, she took a trip out west with her roommates, finding herself in Los Angeles without enough money to return home. She took a temporary job as a receptionist and signed up for acting classes at night. Soon she was working regularly in television and film, but after marrying producer Jerry Bick and having two sons, the actress took a long hiatus to raise her children.
Returning to work in 1974 in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us (1974), Fletcher came to the attention of director Milos Forman, who was casting the difficult role of the nurse in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). She won the role -- and then the Academy Award -- portraying deadly, inflexible Nurse Ratched, who has since become a cultural icon. Numerous film roles followed, including co-starring turns with Peter Falk in The Cheap Detective (1978) and with Richard Burton in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). Fletcher has appeared in a number of science fiction and horror classics such as Firestarter (1984), Brainstorm (1983), and Flowers in the Attic (1987).
Though she earned an Emmy Award nomination for her recurring role on "Picket Fences" (1992), Fletcher is perhaps best known to recent television audiences as Kai Winn from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and as Nora Bloom from the cult classic "VR.5" (1995).
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Thieves Like Us | 1974 | Crime | |
VR.5 | Mrs. Nora Bloom | 1995 - 1995 |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Thieves Like Us | 1974 | Crime, Drama, Romance | |
Exorcist II: The Heretic | Dr. Gene Tuskin | 1977 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
The Cheap Detective | Marlene DuChard | 1978 | Comedy, Crime, Mystery |
The Lady in Red | Anna Sage | 1979 | 0, Game Show, 0 |
Strange Behavior | 1982 | Horror, Mystery, Sci Fi | |
Strange Invaders | 1983 | Mystery, Sci Fi | |
Brainstorm | Lillian Reynolds | 1983 | |
Firestarter | Norma Manders | 1984 | Horror, Sci Fi, Thriller |
Invaders from Mars | Mrs. McKeltch | 1986 | Horror |
Nobody's Fool | Pearl | 1986 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Two Moon Junction | 1988 | Drama, Romance | |
Best of the Best | 1989 | Action, Drama, Sport | |
Shadowzone | 1990 | ||
Blue Steel | Shirley Turner | 1990 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
Blind Vision | Miss Taylor | 1992 | Thriller |
Tollbooth | Lillian | 1994 | Action, Drama, Thriller |
Tryst | Maggie | 1994 | Thriller |
Virtuosity | Elizabeth Deane | 1995 | Action, Crime, Sci Fi |
Return to Two Moon Junction | Belle Delongpre | 1995 | Drama, Romance |
2 Days in the Valley | 1996 | 0, Comedy | |
Edie & Pen | Judge | 1996 | Comedy |
The Stepford Husbands | 1996 | Drama | |
High School High | Principal Evelyn Doyle | 1996 | Comedy, Crime, Romance |
The Girl Gets Moe | Gloria | 1997 | |
Frankenstein and Me | Mrs. Perdue | 1997 | Comedy, Family, Fantasy |
Breast Men | 1997 | Drama, Comedy | |
Cruel Intentions | Helen Rosemond | 1999 | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
Big Eden | GraceCornwell | 2000 | |
Love Kills | Alena Heiss | 2000 | Comedy, Romance, Thriller |
Very Mean Men | Katherine Mulroney | 2000 | Comedy, Crime |
More Dogs Than Bones | Iva Doll | 2000 | Comedy, Drama |
The Contract | Grandma Collins | 2002 | Thriller |
Manna from Heaven | Mother Superior | 2002 | Comedy |
After Image | Aunt Cora | 2003 | Drama, Thriller |
Aurora Borealis | 2004 | ||
Clipping Adam | Grammy | 2004 | Drama |
Dancing in Twilight | 2005 | ||
Finding Home | Esther | 2005 | Drama, Romance |
Fat Rose and Squeaky | Bonnie | 2006 | Drama |
The Last Sin Eater | 2007 | Drama | |
Silver Man | Val | 2008 | Crime, Drama, Fantasy |
The Genesis Code | Ellen Taylor | 2010 | Drama |
Cassadaga | Claire | 2012 | Horror, Thriller |
A Perfect Man | Abbie | 2013 | Drama |
Flowers in the Attic | 2014 | 0 |