Louise Fletcher
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| Louise Fletcher | |
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.jpg/150px-Louise_Fletcher_(1979).jpg) Fletcher in May 1979 |
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| Born | July 22, 1934 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Jerry Bick (1960–1978) |
Louise Fletcher (born July 22, 1934) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American actress.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Fletcher, the second of four children, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Estelle Caldwell and Reverend Robert Capers Fletcher, who was an Episcopalian minister from Arab, Alabama. Both of her parents were deaf and worked with the deaf and hard-of-hearing.[1] Fletcher's father founded more than 40 churches for the deaf in Alabama.[2] Fletcher and her siblings, Roberta, John and Georgianna,[2] were all born hearing without any hearing loss;[3] she was taught to speak by a hearing aunt, who also introduced her to acting. After attending the University of North Carolina, she traveled to Los Angeles, California, where she found work as a secretary by day and took acting lessons by night.
[edit] Career
Fletcher began appearing in several television productions, including the highest-rated episode of Maverick. She married Jerry Bick and took time off to raise her two children; she eventually divorced Bick, who died in 2004. In 1974, she returned to film in Thieves Like Us. Miloš Forman saw her, and cast her (possibly because of her height and bearing) as McMurphy's nemesis Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. When Fletcher accepted her Oscar, she used sign language to thank her parents,[4] spending two hours on the phone with her sister the night before, to brush up on her signing skills.[2]
She also appeared in such films as The Cheap Detective, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Firestarter, Brainstorm, Flowers in the Attic, Big Eden, Two Moon Junction, and as Sebastian's aunt in Cruel Intentions. Fletcher also co-starred in made-for-tv movies such as The Karen Carpenter Story as Karen and Richard Carpenter's mother Agnes, and The Stepford Husbands.
Fletcher was nominated for an Emmy Award for her recurring role on the television series Picket Fences. She also had a continuing role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the scheming Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami. Fletcher played the character of Ruth Shorter, a supporting role, in the 2005 film, Aurora Borealis, alongside Joshua Jackson and Donald Sutherland, and appeared in the Fox Faith film The Last Sin Eater.
[edit] Personal life
Fletcher married literary agent and producer Jerry Bick in 1960, divorcing in 1977.[4] The couple had two sons, John Dashiell Bick and Andrew Wilson Bick,[5] for whom Fletcher took an 11 year hiatus from acting to raise.[4]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1963 | A Gathering of Eagles | Mrs. Kemler | uncredited |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us | Mattie | |
| 1975 | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nurse Mildred Ratched | Academy Award for Best Actress; BAFTA Award; Golden Globe |
| Russian Roulette | Midge | ||
| 1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Dr. Gene Tuskin | |
| 1978 | The Cheap Detective | Marlene DuChard | |
| 1979 | Natural Enemies | Miriam Steward | |
| The Magician of Lublin | Emilia | ||
| The Lady in Red | Anna Sage | ||
| 1980 | Mamma Dracula | Mama Dracula | |
| The Lucky Star | Loes Bakker | ||
| 1981 | Strange Behavior | Barbara Moorehead | |
| 1983 | Brainstorm | Dr. Lillian Reynolds | |
| Strange Invaders | Mrs. Benjamin | ||
| Overnight Sensation | Eve Peregrine - 'E. K. Hamilton' | ||
| 1984 | Firestarter | Norma Manders | |
| Talk to Me | Richard's mother | ||
| 1986 | Nobody's Fool | Pearl | |
| The Boy Who Could Fly | Psychiatrist | ||
| Invaders from Mars | Mrs. McKeltch | ||
| 1987 | Flowers in the Attic | Grandmother – Olivia Foxworth | |
| Predator: The Concert | Park Supervisor | ||
| 1988 | Two Moon Junction | Belle Delongpre | |
| 1989 | Best of the Best | Mrs. Grady | |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Shirley Turner | |
| Shadowzone | Dr. Erhardt | ||
| 1994 | Giorgino | Innkeeper | |
| Tryst | Maggie | ||
| Tollbooth | Lillian | ||
| 1995 | Return to Two Moon Junction | Belle Delongpre | |
| Virtuosity | Elizabeth Deane | ||
| 1996 | The Stepford Husbands | Miriam Benton | |
| Edie & Pen | Judge | ||
| Mulholland Falls | Esther | uncredited | |
| Frankenstein and Me | Mrs. Perdue | ||
| High School High | Principal Evelyn Doyle | ||
| 2 Days in the Valley | Evelyn | ||
| 1997 | Breast Men | Mrs. Saunders | |
| The Girl Gets Moe | Gloria | ||
| Gone Fishin' | Restaurant Owner | uncredited | |
| 1998 | Love Kills | Alena Heiss | |
| 1999 | A Map of the World | Nellie Goodwin | |
| Cruel Intentions | Helen Rosemond | ||
| The Contract | Grandma Collins | ||
| 2000 | More Dogs Than Bones | Iva Doll | |
| Very Mean Men | Katherine Mulroney | ||
| Big Eden | Grace Cornwell | ||
| Silver Man | Val | ||
| 2001 | After Image | Aunt Cora | |
| Touched by a Killer | Judge Erica Robertson | ||
| Dial 9 for Love | Abbie | ||
| 2002 | Manna from Heaven | Mother Superior | |
| 2003 | Finding Home | Esther | |
| 2004 | Clipping Adam | Grammy | |
| 2005 | Aurora Borealis | Ruth Shorter | |
| Dancing in Twilight | Evelyn | ||
| 2006 | Fat Rose and Squeaky | Bonnie | |
| Me and Luke | Grandmother Glennie | ||
| 2007 | The Last Sin Eater | Miz Elda |
[edit] References
- ^ Louise Fletcher. Yahoo Movies.
- ^ a b c Rev. John Fletcher, 87; Ministered to the Deaf. New York Times. 16 March 1988.
- ^ Robertson, Nan. The Fletchers: Family That Heard The Silent Thanks. New York Times. 5 April 1976.
- ^ a b c Weinraub, Bernard. Oscar's Glory Is Fleeting. Ask One Who Knows. New York Times. 27 March 1995.
- ^ Jerry Bick, Literary agent, producer. Variety Obituaries. 22 November 2004.
[edit] External links
- Louise Fletcher at the Internet Movie Database
- Louise Fletcher article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- Louise Fletcher Appreciation Page
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Ellen Burstyn for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
Academy Award for Best Actress 1975 for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Succeeded by Faye Dunaway for Network |
| Preceded by Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1976 for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Succeeded by Faye Dunaway for Network |
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Fletcher, Louise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
