Oscar winner Louise Fletcher dies at 88: AP

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Actress Louise Fletcher, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1975 film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” has died at the age of 88, the Associated Press reported late Tuesday. Friday.

Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by her family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent David Shaul told the news agency, without giving a cause of death.

Andrew Bick, his son, told The Hollywood Reporter that he had died of natural causes on Friday. He had survived two bouts of breast cancer.

Reuters could not immediately reach Fletcher’s agent or son for comment.

The actress won the Oscar for Best Leading Actress in 1976 for her portrayal of ruthless nurse Mildred Ratched in Milos Forman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel of the same name. The film also won Best Picture, Best director, best leading actor and best screenplay.

In her acceptance speech that night, she used American Sign Language to thank her deaf parents and thanked the audience for hating her.

Her portrayal of the character in the film was so memorable, that the streaming platform Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX ) made a series called “Ratched” in 2020, which tells the origin story of the nurse turned villain.

Born Estelle Louise Fletcher on July 22, 1934, she was the second of four children.

She married producer Jerry Bick in the early 1960s and had two sons, John and Andrew. Fletcher divorced Bick in 1977 and is survived by her children, according to the Associated Press.

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