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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... See full bio »

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Estelle Louise Fletcher
in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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???? The Home (in production)
 
2012 A Perfect Man (post-production)
Abbie
 
2012 Of Two Minds (TV movie)
Aunt Will
 
2011-2012 Shameless (TV series)
Peg Gallagher
– Parenthood (2012) … Peg Gallagher
– A Bottle of Jean Nate (2012) … Peg Gallagher
– Can I Have a Mother (2012) … Peg Gallagher
– Daddyz Girl (2011) … Peg Gallagher
 
2012 And Out, Into the Bright Blue Sky (short) (voice)
 
2012 Bad Girls (TV movie)
 
2011 Cassadaga
Claire
 
2011 Bones (TV series)
Allison
– The Change in the Game (2011) … Allison (uncredited)
 
2010-2011 Private Practice (TV series)
Frances Wilder / Pete's Mom
– The Hardest Part (2011) … Frances Wilder
– Can't Find My Way Back Home (2010) … Pete's Mom
 
2011 Rewired (short)
 
2011 Mistaken Identity (short)
 
2010 The Genesis Code
Ellen Taylor
 
2009 Heroes (TV series)
Dr. Coolidge
– Chapter Four 'Hysterical Blindness' (2009) … Dr. Coolidge
– Chapter Two 'Ink' (2009) … Dr. Coolidge
 
2007 A Dennis the Menace Christmas (video)
Mrs. Martha Wilson
 
2007 The Last Sin Eater
Miz Elda
 
2006 A Dad for Christmas (TV movie)
Glennie
 
2006 Fat Rose and Squeaky
Bonnie
 
2005 ER (TV series)
Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
– Carter est Amoureux (2005) … Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
– Ruby Redux (2005) … Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
– Refusal of Care (2005) … Roberta 'Birdie' Chadwick
 
2005 7th Heaven (TV series)
Mrs. Wagner
– Honor Thy Mother (2005) … Mrs. Wagner
 
2005 Aurora Borealis
Ruth Shorter
 
2005 Dancing in Twilight
Evelyn
 
2004 Wonderfalls (TV series)
Vivian Caldwell
– Barrel Bear (2004) … Vivian Caldwell
 
2004 Clipping Adam
Grammy
 
2004 Joan of Arcadia (TV series)
Eva Garrison
– Do the Math (2004) … Eva Garrison
 
2004 It's All Relative (TV series)
ER Nurse
– Oscar Interruptus (2004) … ER Nurse
 
2003 A Time to Remember (TV movie)
Billy Calhoun
 
2003 Finding Home
Esther
 
2002 Manna from Heaven
Mother Superior
 
2002 The Contract
Grandma Collins
 
2001 After Image
Aunt Cora
 
2001 Touched by a Killer
Judge Erica Robertson
 
2000 Any Day Now (TV series)
Tillie Simms
– Three Lucky Ladies on the Line (2000) … Tillie Simms
 
2000 More Dogs Than Bones
Iva Doll
 
2000 Very Mean Men
Katherine Mulroney
 
2000 Big Eden
Grace Cornwell
 
2000 Silver Man
Val
 
1999 Love Kills
Alena Heiss
 
1999 A Map of the World
Nellie Goodwin
 
1999 Time Served (TV movie)
Warden Mildred Reinecke
 
1993-1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
Kai Winn / Vedek Winn
– What You Leave Behind (1999) … Kai Winn
– When It Rains... (1999) … Kai Winn
– The Changing Face of Evil (1999) … Kai Winn
– Strange Bedfellows (1999) … Kai Winn
– 'Til Death Do Us Part (1999) … Kai Winn
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1999 The Devil's Arithmetic (TV movie)
Aunt Eva
 
1999 Cruel Intentions
Helen Rosemond
 
1998 Brimstone (TV series)
Evelyn McNabb
– Encore (1998) … Evelyn McNabb
 
1998 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Doris Leeman
– Dying to Dance (1998) … Doris Leeman
 
1998 The Practice (TV series)
Judge N. Swanson
– Rhyme and Reason (1998) … Judge N. Swanson
 
1998 Johnny 316
 
1998 Profiler (TV series)
Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother
– Victims of Victims (1998) … Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother
– Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick (1998) … Miriam Newquay, Jack's Mother (uncredited)
 
1997 Breast Men (TV movie)
Mrs. Saunders
 
1997 Heartless (TV movie)
Aunt Lydia McGuffy
 
1997 Married to a Stranger (TV movie)
Nana, Megan's Mother
 
1997 Sins of the Mind (TV movie)
Dr. Anna Bingham
 
1997 The Girl Gets Moe
Gloria
 
1997 Gone Fishin'
Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
 
1995-1997 VR.5 (TV series)
Mrs. Nora Bloom
– Send Me an Angel (1997) … Mrs. Nora Bloom
– Reunion (1995) … Mrs. Nora Bloom
– 5D (1995) … Mrs. Nora Bloom
– Love and Death (1995) … Mrs. Nora Bloom
– Dr. Strangechild (1995) … Mrs. Nora Bloom
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1997 Frankenstein and Me
Mrs. Perdue
 
1996 High School High
Principal Evelyn Doyle
 
1996 2 Days in the Valley
Evelyn
 
1996 The Stepford Husbands (TV movie)
Miriam Benton
 
1996 Edie & Pen
Judge
 
1996 Mulholland Falls
Esther (uncredited)
 
1996 Picket Fences (TV series)
Christine Bey
– Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey (1996) … Christine Bey
– Three Weddings and a Meltdown (1996) … Christine Bey
 
1995 Return to Two Moon Junction
Belle Delongpre
 
1995 Virtuosity
Elizabeth Deane
 
1995 Dream On (TV series)
Joanna
– Try Not to Remember (1995) … Joanna
 
1994 Someone Else's Child (TV movie)
Faye Maddox
 
1994 Tollbooth
Lillian
 
1994 Tryst
Maggie
 
1994 Giorgino
Innkeeper
 
1994 The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (TV movie)
Dorothy O'Hara
 
1994 On Deadly Ground
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1993 The Fire Next Time (TV movie)
Sarge
 
1992 Civil Wars (TV series)
Judge Frances Wyler
– The Triumph of DeVille (1992) … Judge Frances Wyler
 
1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series)
Miss Weldon
– The Dead Man (1992) … Miss Weldon
 
1992 Blind Vision
Miss Taylor
 
1992 The Boys of Twilight (TV series)
Genelva
 
1991 In a Child's Name (TV movie)
Jean Taylor
 
1991 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Agent
– Top Billing (1991) … Agent
 
1991 The Hitchhiker (TV series)
Mother Birch
– Offspring (1991) … Mother Birch
 
1990 Nightmare on the 13th Floor (TV movie)
Letti Gordon
 
1990 Shadowzone
Dr. Erhardt
 
1990 In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
Catherine Tyler
– December Days (1990) … Catherine Tyler
 
1989 Final Notice (TV movie)
Mrs. Lord
 
1989 Best of the Best
Mrs. Grady
 
1989 Blue Steel
Shirley Turner
 
1989 The Karen Carpenter Story (TV movie)
Agnes Carpenter
 
1988 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Dr. Cline
– The Hunters (1988) … Dr. Cline
 
1988 Worlds Beyond (TV series)
– Home (1988)
 
1988 Two Moon Junction
Belle
 
1987 Flowers in the Attic
Grandmother
 
1987 J. Edgar Hoover (TV movie)
Annie M. Hoover
 
1987 Grizzly II: The Concert
Eileene Draygon
 
1986 Nobody's Fool
Pearl
 
1986 The Boy Who Could Fly
Dr. Granada. Psychiatrist
 
1986 Invaders from Mars
Mrs. McKeltch
 
1986 Second Serve (TV movie)
Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
 
1986 Last Waltz on a Tightrope (TV movie)
Cynthia Damond
 
1985 A Summer to Remember (TV movie)
Dr. Dolly McKeever
 
1984 Islands (TV movie)
Maureen Davis
 
1984 Overnight Sensation (short)
Eve Peregrine - 'E.K. Hamilton'
 
1984 Firestarter
Norma Manders
 
1984 Talk to Me
Richard's mother
 
1983 Brainstorm
Lillian Reynolds
 
1983 Strange Invaders
Mrs. Benjamin
 
1981 Strange Behavior
Barbara Moorehead
 
1980 Mama Dracula
Mama Dracula
 
1980 The Lucky Star
Loes Bakker
 
1979 Natural Enemies
Miriam Steward
 
1979 The Magician of Lublin
Emilia
 
1979 The Lady in Red
Anna Sage
 
1978 Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (TV movie)
Sally Kimball
 
1978 The Cheap Detective
Marlene DuChard
 
1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic
Dr. Gene Tuskin
 
1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nurse Ratched
 
1975 Russian Roulette
Midge
 
1974 Thieves Like Us
Mattie
 
1974 Can Ellen Be Saved? (TV movie)
Bea Lindsey
 
1973 Medical Center (TV series)
– Child of Violence (1973)
 
1963 A Gathering of Eagles
Mrs. Kemler
 
1961 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Aithra McLowery
– The Law Must Be Fair (1961) … Aithra McLowery
 
1961 The Best of the Post (TV series)
– Groper in the Dark (1961)
 
1960 Perry Mason (TV series)
Gladys Doyle / Susan Connolly
– The Case of the Larcenous Lady (1960) … Susan Connolly
– The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1960) … Gladys Doyle
 
1960 Tate (TV series)
Roberta McConnell
– The Bounty Hunter (1960) … Roberta McConnell
 
1960 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Julie Frazer
– Funeral at Forty Mile (1960) … Julie Frazer
 
1960 The Millionaire (TV series)
Holly
– Millionaire Vance Ludlow (1960) … Holly
 
1959-1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Elizabeth / Martha English
– The Tom Tuckett Story (1960) … Elizabeth
– The Andrew Hale Story (1959) … Martha English
 
1959 Markham (TV series)
Ellen Amery
– Strange Visitor (1959) … Ellen Amery
 
1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Jeannie
– The Open Window (1959) … Jeannie
 
1959 The Untouchables (TV series)
Eloise
– Ma Barker and Her Boys (1959) … Eloise
 
1959 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Julia Maltby
– A Bargain in Tombs (1959) … Julia Maltby
 
1959 Maverick (TV series)
Kathy Bent
– The Saga of Waco Williams (1959) … Kathy Bent
 
1959 Lawman (TV series)
Betty Horgan
– The Encounter (1959) … Betty Horgan
 
1958 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Miss Alithea / Miss Nellie
– Old Dixie (1958) … Miss Nellie/Miss Alithea
 
1958 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Sarah Lou Conant
– Cheyenne Club (1958) … Sarah Lou Conant
 
1958 Flight (TV series)
– Red China Rescue
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1997 Completely Cuckoo (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
1986 The Boy Who Could Fly (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
2012 Milos Forman, un outsider à Hollywood (documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Milos Forman: What doesn't kill you... (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild (2004) … Herself
 
2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner (uncredited)
 
1997 Completely Cuckoo (video documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 August 1995 (1995) … Herself
 
1994 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Nicholson (TV special)
Herself
 
1992 One on One with John Tesh (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.155 (1992) … Herself
 
1992 The Player
Herself
 
1981 Sois belle et tais-toi (documentary)
Herself
 
1979 The Muppets Go Hollywood (TV movie)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1978 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 19 June 1978 (1978) … Guest Appearance
 
1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1977 The 49th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2008 Neues aus der Anstalt (TV series)
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2003 A Decade Under the Influence (documentary)
Herself
 
1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (video documentary)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

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Stage: Played Helen of Troy in "Tiger at the Gates", Bucks County, PA, 1957.

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Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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Trivia:

Learned sign language at a very young age, as both of her parents were deaf. When Fletcher neared the end of her (spoken) Best Actress Oscar acceptance speech for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, she finished with a unique (unspoken) touch in American Sign Language: "For my mother and my father, I want to say thank you for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true. Thank you." (29 March 1976). See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer