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Louise Fletcher won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her memorable performance as Nurse Ratched in the 1975 iconic film.

The One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Villain has died. Read Empire's obituary.

Fletcher was also nominated for multiple Emmys.

Fletcher was also nominated for multiple Emmys.

Fletcher was also nominated for multiple Emmys.

Fletcher was also nominated for multiple Emmys.

Fletcher was also nominated for multiple Emmys.

After putting her career on hold for years to raise her children, Louise Fletcher was in her early 40s and little known when chosen for the role opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1975 film by director Milos Forman, who had admired her work the year before in director Robert Altmans Thieves Like Us.

Fletcher was also nominated for multiple Emmys.

She was largely unknown when she was cast as the head administrative nurse at an Oregon mental institution, in the 1975 film, which won multiple awards.