Louise Fletcher

1934 -
American born Birmingham, Alabama

Height 5' 9½" (1.77 m) . 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, finding herself in Los Angeles without enough money to return home. She took a temporary job as a receptionist and signed up for acting classes at night. Soon she was working regularly in television and film, but after marrying producer Jerry Bick and having two sons, the actress took a long hiatus to raise her children.Returning to work in 1974 in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us (1974), Fletcher came to the attention of director Milos Forman, who was casting the difficult role of the nurse in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). She won the role - and then the Academy Award - portraying deadly, inflexible Nurse Ratched, who has since become a cultural icon. Numerous film roles followed, including co-starring turns with Peter Falk in The Cheap Detective (1978) and with Richard Burton in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). Fletcher has appeared in a number of science fiction and horror classics such as Firestarter (1984), Brainstorm (1983), and Flowers in the Attic (1987).Though she earned an Emmy Award nomination for her recurring role on "Picket Fences" (1992), Fletcher is perhaps best known to recent television audiences as Kai Winn from "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and as Nora Bloom from the cult classic "VR.5" (1995). Spouse Jerry Bick (1960 - 1978) (divorced) 2 children.

The Last Sin Eater (2007) , Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006) , Me and Luke (2006) , "ER" (2005) , "7th Heaven" (2005) , Aurora Borealis (2005) , Dancing in Twilight (2005) , Clipping Adam (2004) , "Joan of Arcadia" (2004) , "It's All Relative" (2004) , "Wonderfalls" (2004) , A Time to Remember (2003) , Finding Home (2003) , Manna from Heaven (2002) , After Image (2001) , Dial 9 for Love (2001) , Touched by a Killer (2001) , "Any Day Now" (2000) , More Dogs Than Bones (2000) , Very Mean Men (2000) , Big Eden (2000) , Silver Man (2000) , A Map of the World (1999) , Time Served (1999) , "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1999) , The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) , Cruel Intentions (1999) , The Contract (1999) , "Brimstone" (1998) , "Fantasy Island" (1998) , "The Practice"(1998) , "Profiler" (1998) , Love Kills (1998) , Breast Men (1997) , Heartless (1997) , Married to a Stranger (1997) , Sins of the Mind (1997) , The Girl Gets Moe (1997) , Gone Fishin' (1997) , High School High (1996) , 2 Days in the Valley (1996) , The Stepford Husbands (1996) , Edie & Pen (1996) , Mulholland Falls (1996) , "Picket Fences" (1996), Frankenstein and Me (1996) , Return to Two Moon Junction (1995) , Virtuosity (1995) , "Dream On" (1995) , "VR.5" (????) , Someone Else's Child (1994) , Giorgino (1994) , The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994) , Tryst (1994) , Tollbooth (1994) , The Fire Next Time (1993) , "Civil Wars" (1992) , "The Ray Bradbury Theater" (1992) , "The Boys of Twilight" (1992) , Blind Vision (1992) , In a Child's Name (1991) , "Tales from the Crypt" (1991) , "The Hitchhiker" (1991) , Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990) , Blue Steel (1990) , "In the Heat of the Night"(1990) , Shadowzone (1990) , Final Notice (1989) , Best of the Best (1989) , The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) , "The Twilight Zone" (1988) , "Worlds Beyond"(1988) , Two Moon Junction (1988) , Flowers in the Attic (1987) , J. Edgar Hoover (1987) , Predator: The Concert (1987) , Nobody's Fool (1986) , The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) , Invaders from Mars (1986) , Second Serve (1986) , Last Waltz on a Tightrope (1986) , A Summer to Remember (1985) , Firestarter (1984) , Talk to Me (1984) , Brainstorm (1983) , Strange Invaders (1983) , Overnight Sensation (1983) , Strange Behavior (1981) , Mamma Dracula (1980) , The Lucky Star (1980) , Natural Enemies (1979) , The Magician of Lublin (1979) , The Lady in Red (1979) , Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (1978), The Cheap Detective (1978) , Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) , One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) , Russian Roulette (1975) , Thieves Like Us (1974) , Can Ellen Be Saved? (1974) , "Medical Center" (1973) , A Gathering of Eagles (1963) , "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1961) , "The Best of the Post" (1961) , "Perry Mason" (1960) , "Tate" (1960) , "Sugarfoot" (1960) , "The Millionaire" (1960) , "Wagon Train" (1960) , "Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond" (1959) , "The Untouchables" (1959) , "77 Sunset Strip" (1959) , "Maverick" (1959) , "Lawman" (1959) , "Yancy Derringer" (1958) , "Bat Masterson" (1958) , "Flight" (????)