ABOUT LOUISE FLETCHER
Academy Award-winning actress best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest . Her other notable films include Cruel Intentions , Flowers in the Attic, and 2 Days in the Valley.
She worked as a secretary by day and took acting lessons by night.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was based on a novel of the same name, written by Ken Kesey .
She married Jerry Bick in 1960. The couple had two sons before divorcing 17 years later.
She played the mother of Karen Carpenter in the The Karen Carpenter Show.
