Louise Fletcher, who gained an Academy Award for her function within the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died, aged 88.
Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by household at her dwelling in Montdurausse, France, her agent, David Shaul, informed the Related Press.
Her son Andrew Bick informed the Hollywood Reporter she died on Friday of pure causes. She had survived two bouts with breast most cancers.
The actor gained the Academy Award for finest main actress in 1976 for her portrayal of ruthless nurse Mildred Ratched in Miloš Forman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel of the identical title. The film additionally gained awards for finest image, finest director, finest main actor and finest tailored screenplay.
In her acceptance speech that evening, she used American Signal Language to thank her deaf mother and father and thanked audiences for hating her.
Her portrayal of the character within the movie was so memorable that Netflix made a sequence known as Ratched in 2020, which tells the origin story of the nurse turned villain.
Born Estelle Louise Fletcher on 22 July, 1934, she was the second of 4 kids.
She married producer Jerry Bick within the early Nineteen Sixties and had two sons, John and Andrew. Fletcher divorced Bick in 1977 and is survived by her sons, in response to the Related Press.
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