Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher, best remembered as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, dies aged 88.
abc.net.au/news/oscar-winning-cuckoo-s-nest-actor-louise-fletcher-dies/101471670Louise Fletcher, the US actor who won an Oscar in 1976 for her performance as villain Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, has died aged 88.The 88-year-old was most famous for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestFletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in France, her agent David Shaul said.
While she was best known for her portrayal of Ratched — a role that won her the Academy Award for Best Leading Actress — Fletcher had an acting career that spanned more than six decades, including numerous appearances in television shows.
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