Estelle Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022) was an American actress.
She had an extensive career in both film and television since the 1950s but is far and away best known for her Academy Award-winning performance as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, followed by her appearances as Kai Winn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Film Roles on TV Tropes:
- A Gathering Of Eagles as Mrs. Kemler (Uncredited Role)
- Thieves Like Us as Mattie
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Nurse Ratched
- Exorcist II: The Heretic as Dr. Gene Tuskin
- The Cheap Detective as Marlene DuChard
- Strange Behavior as Barbara Moorehead
- Brainstorm as Dr. Lilian Reynolds
- Strange Invaders as Mrs. Benjamin
- Firestarter as Norma Manders
- Once Upon a Time in America as Cemetery Directress (Only in the 2012 Director's Cut)
- Nobody's Fool as Pearl
- The Boy Who Could Fly as Dr. Grenader
- Invaders from Mars (1986) as Mrs. McKeltch
- Flowers in the Attic (1987) as Olivia Foxworth
- Blue Steel as Shirley Turner
- The Player as Herself
- Virtuosity as Elizabeth Deane
- Mulholland Falls as Esther (Uncredited Role)
- High School High as Principal Evelyn Doyle
- 2 Days in the Valley as Evelyn
- Cruel Intentions as Helen Rosemond
- The Devil's Arithmetic as Aunt Eva
- Big Eden as Grace Cornwell
Television Roles on TV Tropes:
- Playhouse 90 as Pete's Girl (1 episode)
- Bat Masterson as Sarah Lou Conant (1 episode)
- Yancy Derringer as Miss Nellie/Miss Alithia (1 episode)
- One Step Beyond (1959) as Jeannie (1 episode)
- Maverick as Kathy Bent (1 episode)
- Wagon Train as Martha English/Elizabeth (2 episodes)
- Perry Mason as Gladys Doyle/Susan Connolly (2 episodes)
- In the Heat of the Night as Catherine Tyler (1 episode)
- Tales from the Crypt as Agent (1 episode)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Kai Winn Adami (14 episodes)
- VR.5 as Mrs. Nora Bloom (6 episodes)
- Picket Fences as Christine Bey (2 episodes)
- The Practice as Judge N. Swanson (1 episode)
- Joan of Arcadia as Eva Garrison (1 episode)
- Wonderfalls as Vivian Caldwell (1 episode)
- 7th Heaven as Mrs. Wagner (1 episode)
- ER as Roberta "Birdie" Chadwick (3 episodes)
- Heroes as Dr. Coolidge (2 episodes)
- Private Practice as Frances Wilder (2 episodes)
- Shameless as Peggy Gallagher (5 episodes)
- Girlboss as Rosie (2 episodes)
