{"id":12689,"date":"2022-09-24T11:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12689"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:11:15","slug":"oscar-winning-one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-actress-louise-fletcher-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=12689","title":{"rendered":"Oscar-Winning &#8216;One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest&#8217; Actress Louise Fletcher Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Louise Fletcher, an Oscar winning actress has died at the age 88, in her home in Montdurausse, France.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelvintech.com\/kelvintech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/wellbutrin.html\">wellbutrin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> She was reportedly passed away peacefully at home with her family, her agent David Shaul told <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-obituaries-fletcher-tv-d886facf89d7c61e796d7800966cc9fa\">The Associated Press<\/a> on Friday<\/p>\n<p>Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star who garnered the Oscar as the sadistic Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman\u2019s 1975 feature \u201c<strong>One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest<\/strong>,\u201d creating one of the screen\u2019s most iconic villains as a bureaucratic authority figure.<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher\u2019s career spanned more than sixty years and she began acting with guest spots on shows like \u201c<strong>Maverick<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>The Untouchables<\/strong>\u201d in the 1950s along with \u201c<strong>Perry Mason,<\/strong>\u201d then she landed her Emmy nominations for her work in \u201c<strong>Picket Fences<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0and \u201c<strong>Joan of Arcadia<\/strong>.\u201d<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But she put her career on hold to raise her children in mid 60\u2019s to early 70\u2019s, before stepping into Robert Altman\u2019s \u201c<strong>Thieves Like Us<\/strong>\u201d which led to be 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&#8217;s film.\u00a0When she was offered, she didn&#8217;t have a clue that many other prominent stars, including Angela Lansbury, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn had turned down what could be the career defining role.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelvintech.com\/kelvintech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/elavil.html\">elavil over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fletcher was hindered by her age in finding major roles in Hollywood, but she worked continuously for most of the rest of her life. 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