Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher dies

By Andrew Dalton
Updated September 24 2022 - 1:38pm, first published 1:33pm
Actress Louise Fletcher has died in her sleep aged 88 at her family home in France. (AP PHOTO)
Actress Louise Fletcher has died in her sleep aged 88 at her family home in France. (AP PHOTO)

Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died aged 88.

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