Louise Fletcher Nurse Ratched One Flew Over The Cuckoo S Nest

With ryan murphy s forthcoming series set to carve out her character s backstory fletcher reveals the method.

Louise fletcher nurse ratched one flew over the cuckoo s nest. Her soft spoken calm made ratched seem rational when in reality she was abusive and power hungry. Louise fletcher won the oscar best actress award for her role portrayal of nurse ratched. Louise fletcher never played another role as remarkable as the one for which she won an oscar in 1976. If you ve seen the iconic 1975 movie one flew over the cuckoo s nest which was based on the 1962 novel by ken kesey then you know that ratched is the tyrannical nurse who torments the patients in a mental asylym including jack nicholson.

As played by louise fletcher nurse ratched ruled the roost at a mental institution the movie filmed at the oregon state hospital in salem where randle mcmurphy jack nicholson and other. A cold heartless tyrant nurse ratched has become the stereotype of the nurse as a battleaxe. When we saw the film decades ago we never thought that. One flew over the cuckoo s nest.

Meanwhile director miloš forman saw fletcher in thieves and consequently cast her as mcmurphy s nemesis nurse ratched in one flew over the cuckoo s nest 1975. Born in birmingham alabama to episcopal minister robert fletcher and his wife estelle both of whom were deaf louise fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. In 1975 louise fletcher stunned as nurse ratched in one flew over the cuckoo s nest. Fletcher gained international recognition and fame for the role winning academy award for best actress as well as a bafta award and golden globe.

The one flew over the cuckoo s nest villain remains fletcher s defining role a character whose name alone conjures the image of a terrifyingly prim bureaucrat. I find it too painful said. Nurse ratched also known as big nurse is a fictional character and the main antagonist of one flew over the cuckoo s nest first featured in ken kesey s 1962 novel as well as the 1975 film adaptation. Louise fletcher says she can t bear to watch one flew over the cuckoo s nest because the nurse ratched character she won an oscar for is so cruel.