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New Delhi, Sept 24: Veteran Hollywood actress Louise Fletcher passed away at the age of 88. The Oscar-winning actress passed away at her home in Montdurausse, France, of natural causes, her family announced in a report. According to information, Louise passed away in her sleep in the house she converted from a 300-year-old farmhouse while surrounded by her family.
Fletcher is best recognised for her role as Nurse Ratched in the 1975 Jack Nicholson and Milos Forman film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. She earned an Academy Award for her performance in 1976 for best actress in a leading role.
Over the course of her acting career, Louise appeared in various television shows and motion pictures. She played the Bajoran cleric Kai Winn Adami in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in a recurrent role. She was also well-known for her parts in Joan of Arcadia and Picket Fences.
Louise was born to deaf parents on July 22, 1934, in Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States. She started her acting career in the late 1950s with TV shows like 77 Sunset Strip, Lawman, Bat Masterson, Maverick, and The Untouchables.
Louise became the third woman to get an Oscar, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for the same performance with her Oscar victory. She spoke in sign language during her acceptance speech for the Academy Award, making it one of Oscar’s most enduring moments.
