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Louise Fletcher, actress best known for portraying Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, died in her home in France yesterday at age 88.
Nurse Ratched is one of the most famous film villains, a woman on the surface sweet but who works at characters vulnerabilities to keep peace and order more than supporting them or their healing, treating them as people to be kept in line more than helped.
Her other major role was as Kai Winn in Deep Space Nine, one of the series more nuanced villains, masking her own evil intentions, even from herself, in a guise of holiness as she treated other people with condescension as she worked toward gaining more power within the Bajor's spiritual community. And there are times we do see her doing things that prove her a little wiser and then nope, turns out some good deeds and real wisdom don't make her good, especially when she is given the choice between ambition and stepping back for a greater good.
Fletcher was a great actress and I'll always in particular remember this great villain roles.
R.I.P. Louise Fletcher, from Star Trek and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Fletcher won an Oscar for her iconic portrayal of Nurse Ratched in the 1975 film
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Nurse Ratched is one of the most famous film villains, a woman on the surface sweet but who works at characters vulnerabilities to keep peace and order more than supporting them or their healing, treating them as people to be kept in line more than helped.
Her other major role was as Kai Winn in Deep Space Nine, one of the series more nuanced villains, masking her own evil intentions, even from herself, in a guise of holiness as she treated other people with condescension as she worked toward gaining more power within the Bajor's spiritual community. And there are times we do see her doing things that prove her a little wiser and then nope, turns out some good deeds and real wisdom don't make her good, especially when she is given the choice between ambition and stepping back for a greater good.
Fletcher was a great actress and I'll always in particular remember this great villain roles.