Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louise Fletcher, who won a best actress Oscar for her role as Jack Nicholson's cruel screen nemesis Nurse Ratched in "One Flew ...

Louise Fletcher, the actress best known for her role as Nurse Mildred Ratched in Miloš Forman’s film adaptation of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” has died at the age of 88.

LOS ANGELES — Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” set a new standard for screen villains ...

Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" set a new standard for screen villains and won her an ...

Louise Fletcher, who won an Oscar for playing the sadistic Nurse Mildred Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died at 88. Fletcher passed away at the home she built in Montdurausse, France, ...