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Oscar Winning Star Of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ Has Passed Away

Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher has died at the age of 88. Fletcher is best known for her iconic portrayal of Nurse Ratched in the 1975 movie One Flew Over The…

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Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher has died at the age of 88. Fletcher is best known for her iconic portrayal of Nurse Ratched in the 1975 movie One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

She also played Kai Winn in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Grandmother in 1987's Flowers In The Attic. Overall, she had more than 100 acting credits in a career that spanned from 1958 all the way through 2017.

Fletcher died Friday at her home in France. What made the character of Nurse Ratched so memorable?

23 Movies That Turn 45 in 2022

A number of the movies released in 1977 are truly snapshots of the time when they hit theaters 45 years ago.

From beloved blockbusters to iconic documentaries, scroll through the gallery below to see 23 movies that turn 45 in 2022.

Saturday Night Fever

Slap Shot

Smokey and the Bandit

Eraserhead

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

The Kentucky Fried Movie

Pumping Iron

High Anxiety

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Goodbye Girl

The Hills Have Eyes

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

The Rescuers

Pete’s Dragon

Fun with Dick + Jane

The Many Adventures of Winne the Pooh

Airport ‘77

A Bridge Too Far

Annie Hall

Suspiria

The Deep

The Gauntlet

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