Oscar-winning actress dead at 88
Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher has died from natural causes at the age of 88.
The star’s representative confirmed that she died at her home in France, after surviving two bouts of breast cancer.
Best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Louise rose to fame thanks to her incredible performance.
The film was the second in Oscar award winning history to have won all five major academy awards.
“Well, it looks like you all hated me so much that you’ve given me this award for it, and I’m loving every minute of it,” Louise said when she accepted the Oscar awards.
“And all I can say is, I’ve loved being hated by you.”
Louise also appeared in Exorcist II: The Heretic and The Cheap Detective.
She was encouraged to act by her Aunty and undertook acting classes at night.
However, Louise was deemed too tall to act across from Hollywood’s leading men actors.
This however did not stop her from landing TV roles before she eventually met her husband and started a family in 1961.
From 1973, she returned to the industry before accepting the role as Nurse Ratchet.
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