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1. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Louise Fletcher recalls the ...

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   Jan 22, 2016 · It was 40 years ago that Louise Fletcher came from nowhere to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the terrifying Nurse Ratched in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’. How did she...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Louise_FletcherLouise Fletcher - Wikipedia

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   She is best known for her portrayal of the antagonist Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which earned her numerous accolades, including the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.

3. tilt.goombastomp.com › culture › louise-fletcherLouise Fletcher: “I Lived Just For the Moment" | Tilt Magazine

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   Sep 30, 2022 · It didn’t make her a star, a flow of great roles didn’t come her way, certainly none that showcased her the way Nurse Ratched did. But she worked steadily, the way someone who’d been away from the job so long would, appreciating and relishing a second chance to live out a childhood dream.

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4. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-63019250Louise Fletcher: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest's Nurse ...

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   Sep 24, 2022 · The US actress died at her home in the south of France, her agent said. While she was best known for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched, Fletcher's career spanned six decades, including TV and film.

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6. www.vanityfair.com › hollywood › 2018Louise Fletcher, Nurse Ratched, and the Making of One Flew ...

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   Jul 10, 2018 · In 1975, Louise Fletcher stunned as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. With Ryan Murphy’s forthcoming series set to carve out her character’s backstory, Fletcher reveals the ...

7. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk › life › featuresWhen the cuckoo called: We chat to actress Louise Fletcher

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   Jan 30, 2016 · During the first phase of her career, Fletcher appeared in supporting roles on several classic TV shows, including Maverick and Perry Mason.

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   Who was Louise Fletcher?

   • Louise Fletcher, who won an Oscar for her unforgettable role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, has died aged 88. The US actress died at her home in the south of France, her agent said. While she was best known for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched, Fletcher's career spanned six decades, including TV and film.

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   Did Louise Fletcher ever win an Oscar?

   • ‘Pretty soon I’d be to too old to play young and too young to play old' (Getty Images) Louise Fletcher never played another role as remarkable as the one for which she won an Oscar in 1976: Nurse Ratched, the chillingly prim psychiatric ward administrator of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

   Whatever happened to Nurse Ratched? - The Independent

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   Did Louise Fletcher win an Oscar for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'?

   • You are seeing my dream come true." It was 40 years ago that Louise Fletcher came from nowhere to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the terrifying Nurse Ratched in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’.

   Whatever happened to Nurse Ratched? - The Independent

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   Was Louise Fletcher already a romantic lead?

   • Louise Fletcher in the role that brought her Oscar glory: ‘I was already past the age of being a romantic lead,’ she says. ‘Pretty soon I’d be to too old to play young and too young to play old' (Getty Images)

   Whatever happened to Nurse Ratched? - The Independent

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   How tall was Louise Fletcher?

   • Fletcher recalled having greater success being cast in Westerns due to her height: I was 5 feet 10 inches [1.78 m] tall, and no television producer thought a tall woman could be sexually attractive to anybody. I was able to get jobs on westerns because the actors were even taller than I was. — Louise Fletcher (November 1975)

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   How did Fletcher and Forman see Nurse Ratched's strength?

   • The discrepancy, in essence, was how Fletcher and Forman saw Nurse Ratched’s strength. For Fletcher, the key was to make her seem pleasant—delivering her lines so placidly that at one point she asked a sound guy if she was audible. But Forman worried: could a gentle-voiced Nurse Ratched hold her own against Nicholson’s off-the-wall McMurphy?

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   Though her performance as Nurse Ratched is the role that defined Fletcher's career — and to this day remains one of cinema's all-time greatest villains — her career spanned more than 60 years.