Louise Fletcher's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Kai Winn Ad… VR.5 Mrs. Nora B… The Boys of Twilight Genelva

Main Movie Roles 2010 - The Genesis Code 2007 - The Last Sin Eater 2005 - Aurora Borealis 2003 - A Decade Under the Influence 2000 - Silver Man 1999 - Cruel Intentions 1997 - Breast Men 1997 - Gone Fishin' 1996 - Frankenstein and Me 1996 - Mulholland Falls 1996 - 2 Days in the Valley 1996 - High School High 1995 - Virtuosity 1994 - On Deadly Ground 1992 - The Player 1989 - Best of the Best 1988 - Two Moon Junction 1987 - Flowers in the Attic 1987 - Predator: The Concert 1986 - The Boy Who Could Fly 1986 - Invaders from Mars 1984 - Firestarter 1983 - Strange Invaders 1983 - Brainstorm 1981 - Strange Behavior 1979 - The Lady in Red 1978 - The Cheap Detective 1977 - Exorcist II: The Heretic 1975 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 1974 - Thieves Like Us

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 (I)'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 (I) in The Cheap Detective (1978) and with Richard Burton (I) 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).


TRIVIA:

• After her divorce from producer 'Jerry Bick' (qv) in the late 1970s she caused a stir when she, then in her 40s, began dating 21-year-old 'Morgan Mason' (qv), the son of actor 'James Mason (I)' (qv).
• Her Oscar-winning role as Nurse Ratched in _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)_ (qv) was ranked #5 in the American Film Institute's Villains list in their 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.
• 'Lily Tomlin' (qv)'s role in 'Robert Altman (I)' (qv)'s _Nashville (1975)_ (qv) was originally written for, and in part by, Fletcher, whose then-husband had been Altman's producer. When the two men had a falling-out, Altman chose to cast Tomlin instead.
• One of the other Best Actress nominees in 1976 was 'Ann-Margret' (qv), who was nominated for her role _Tommy (1975)_ (qv). Coincidentally, both films featured 'Jack Nicholson' (qv).
• She was in several scenes that were later deleted from 'Sergio Leone (I)' (qv)'s _Once Upon a Time in America (1984)_ (qv).
• Learned sign language at a very young age, as both of her parents were deaf.
• Was cited for reckless driving in 2000 when she slammed into a police car near her Virginia home.
• Was a leading choice to play the mother in _Terms of Endearment (1983)_ (qv).