Louise Fletcher

Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations See more awards »

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Cruel Intentions (1999)

Flowers in the Attic (1987)

Brainstorm (1983)

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Actress (134 titles)

???? 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

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

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5' 9½" (1.77 m)

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[In sign language to her deaf parents, upon winning the Oscar for Best Actress] I want to thank you for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true. See more »

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Her role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest had been turned down by Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Colleen Dewhurst and Jane Fonda. Bancroft and Dewhurst turned down the role because they found it anti-feminist and downright misogynistic. See more »

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