American actress Louise Fletcher has died
Oscar winner for her role in the film “Flight over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, the actress died in France at the age of 88.
Louise Fletcher died at her home in Montdurausse in the South of France.
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American actress Louise Fletcher, Oscar for best actress for her role in Milos Forman’s film “Flight over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), died in France at the age of 88, have US media reported on Friday.
Louise Fletcher, who had two sons, died at her home in Montdurausse in the South of France, according to Variety and Deadline, citing sources in her entourage.
Born on July 22, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama (United States), Louise Fletcher used sign language to thank her parents, who are both deaf, when she received her Oscar.
Infirmière Mildred Ratched
Her most notable role was that of nurse Mildred Ratched in ‘Flight Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’, whose title character was played by Jack Nicholson and which also won her the Golden Globe and BAFTA for the best actress.
She then acted in films like “The Player” by Robert Altman or “The Exorcist 2”. But Mrs. Fletcher was also a figure of American television, turning in series like “The Incorruptibles” or “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”.
She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her roles in the television series “Picket Fences” (1996) and “Joan de Arcadia” (2004). Louise Fletcher starred in two episodes of the Netflix show Girlboss in 2017, according to IMDb.com.
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