Louise Fletcher: Oscar winning actress of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest dead at 88

Louise Fletcher, the Academy award winning actress in Stanley Kubrick’s classic One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, has died at the age of 88.

In a statement announced through Deadline Hollywood by her agent David Shaul, no cause of death was given but Shaul stated the actress died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Montdurausse, France.

She was surrounded by her family at the time of her death in the 300-year-old farmhouse she had built.

Fletcher started her career on television with roles in Lawman in 1958 and Maverick in 1959, but it was her role in 1975’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest that brought her both fame and infamy for the ruthlessness of her character.

Who did Louise Fletcher play in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest?

Louise Fletcher played the sadistic Nurse Mildred Ratched in Stanley Kubrick’s film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest - an adaptation of the Ken Kasey novel of the same name.

A foil to Jack Nicholson’s leading role, Randle McMurphy, Ratched ruled the Salem State Hospital with an iron first, striking fear into the hearts of the inmates committed to the hospital and had a particularly sadistic relationship with Bi