Louise Fletcher, the actress best known for her role ... the cranking wheel of the Hollywood film industry did not overly favor young actresses for roles in the harsh way it does today but ...

Louise Fletcher, an Oscar-winning actress from Alabama, died in her home in France on Friday, according to her agent. She was 88. Fletcher died in her sleep at her Montdurausse estate surrounded ...

Actor Louise Fletcher, who gave an Oscar-winning ... who said she had the time and resources to encourage the young girl to speak. Fletcher credited her aunt with sparking her interest in acting.

Star Trek icon and Oscar winning One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest actress Louise Fletcher has died aged ... Over The Cuckoo's Nest in 1976(Getty Images) She starred opposite Jack Nicholson ...

“Firestarter,” starring a young Drew Barrymore; and “2 Days in the Valley.” Estelle Louise Fletcher was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Her parents were Deaf; she was introduced to acting by ...

Louise Fletcher ... so horrible on the screen.” Fletcher was given a second chance in acting when cast as Nurse Ratched at age 40. Corbis via Getty Images “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s ...

Louise Fletcher, the actress who won an Academy Award for playing the villainous Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” died Friday in France, according to her agent David Shaul.

“Pretty soon I’d be to too old to play young and too young to play old.” Louise Fletcher holds the Academy Award she won for her role in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on March ...