Louise Fletcher Movies

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Louise Fletcher (1934-2022) was an Oscar® winning American actress and writer.  Fletcher is best known for her Oscar® winning role as Nurse Ratched in 1975’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.  On AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Heroes & Villains list, her Nurse Ratched is ranked 5th on the villain list.  Her IMDb page shows 136 acting and credits from 1958 to 2017.  This page will rank Louise Fletcher movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.

1975’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Louise Fletcher Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Flowers in the Attic (1987)

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Brainstorm (1983)

Best IMDb Trivia On Louise Fletcher

1. Estelle Louise Fletcher was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1934.

2.  Louise Fletcher made her film debut in 1963’s  A Gathering of Eagles.   After filming A Gathering of Eagles, Fletcher took a decade-long hiatus from acting in which she raised a family.

3.  Louise Fletcher learned sign language at a very young age, as both of her parents were deaf. When Fletcher neared the end of her (spoken) Best Actress Oscar® acceptance speech for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), she finished with a unique (unspoken) touch in American Sign Language: “For my mother and my father, I want to say thank you for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true. Thank you.”

4.  Louise Fletcher’s role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) had been turned down by Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Colleen Dewhurst and Jane Fonda.

5. Louise Fletcher was in several scenes that were deleted from Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America (1984) theatrical release.  Those scenes are included in the superior Sergio Leone Director’s Cut.

Check out Louise Fletcher’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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17 thoughts on “Louise Fletcher Movies”

  1. ooh I really hated her as Nurse Wretched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. And when she finished her heartfelt speech after winning the Oscar in 1976 the audience had tears in their eyes. There you go, as Olivier might say “it’s called acting my dear”. 🙂

    I’ve seen 15 of the 39 films on the chart, favorites include – Cuckoo’s Nest, Brainstorm, Firestarter, Exorcist II (guilty pleasure), Invaders from Mars (guilty pleasure), On Deadly Ground, Virtuosity, Best of the Best and Once Upon a Time in America.

    Looking at the adjusted box office chart – Exorcist II wasn’t the big flop some were claiming (or hoping) it to be (ditto the 1976 King Kong).

    I saw Exorcist II at the cinema, it was awful especially considering John Boorman directed it. But over the decades it has grown on me and when I have a season of ‘bad movies I enjoy watching’ I usually add that to the line up (along with Battlefield Earth, Highlander II, Invaders from Mars, Lifeforce, Raise the Titanic etc).

    Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!

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    1. HI STEVE:

      The Exorcist 2 did make a profit but the producers were said to be very- disappointed nevertheless with its box office yield because The Exorcist had been such a mega hit.

      The Work Horse credits Exorcist 2 with an adjusted US/Canada gross of $153.5 million but The Exorcist with an adjusted domestic gross of slightly over a billion.

      You can therefore see how the producers of E2 could reasonably have expected more than they got for the sequel. Apparently poor word of mouth caused audiences to drop away quicker than expected.

      Surprisingly [to me anyway] Linda Blair got billed above Richard Burton in Exorcist 2.

      In terms of adjusted domestic grosses in Part 2 as a matter of passing interest are WH’s figures for a few other big 1970s hits and their sequels. Both The Work Horse and I can’t resist showing off our knowledge of movie stats!!!

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      1. 1970s BLOCKBUSTERS AND THEIR SEQUELS

        NOTE: All figures courtesy of The Work Horse but very slightly rounded by me.

        The Godfather/$720 million
        Godfather 2/$232 million

        Jaws/$1.2 BILLION
        Jaws 2/$303 million

        Omen/$370 million
        Omen 2/$105 million

        Superman [1978] $523 million
        Superman 2/$390 million

        Star Wars/$1.6 BILLION
        Empire Strikes Back/$895 million

        Grease/$700 million
        Grease 2/$47 million

        Every Which Way but Loose/$331 million
        Any Which Way You Can/$248 million

        You will see that only Omen 2 and Grease did worse than the Exorcist sequel [with Grease 2 in fact going through the floor] and that Star Wars 2 [Empire Strikes Back] did best -by miles- of all the sequels in the bunch with Superman 2 coming in 2nd. Most of the movies in my list would presumably be YOUR cup of tea! Surprising to me Any Which Way [ie Clyde 2] beat the much admired Godpop 2.

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  2. William Redfield had a highly respected theatrical/Shakespearian reputation; and appeared in 20 movies including Bronson’s Death Wish and Brando’s Morituri – and a 1964 Soviet Union Russian language version of Hamlet in which he played Guildenstern and which won prizes.

    Sadly he died at just 49 the year after Cuckoo’s Nest was released. In the mid-sixties when Brando was going through his ‘wilderness’ period William [one of the founding members of The Actors Studio and an artistic US patriot] drew attention to himself by publicly pleading for Marlon to discover a return to form. He is said to have exclaimed something like “American acting needs you. D**n it – YOU are better than any of those English Actor Knights!”

    A Gathering of Eagles was the second film in a row after 1962’s The Spiral Road to indicate that Rock Hudson’s mega star days were on the wane. In 1961 Rock had back to back mega hits with Lover Come Back and Come September which your tables show averaged an adjusted quarter of a billion dollars each at the domestic box office whereas Spiral Road and Gathering of Eagles grossed just around $70 million each.

    Nevertheless I am sure that at the time the very-young Louise after a TV apprenticeship felt great about making her big screen debut in a major Hollywood production alongside Rock Hudson. As said I very much enjoyed Eagles but sadly your sources give it a 56% review rating – so do I change my opinion of it? Film historians opine that its lack of critical and popular success at the time was due to the fact that it was rather ‘Gung Ho’ whereas the film community was going through a period where it was critical of the US military because of the controversy over nuclear weapons.

    If that estimation is correct then we have once again a situation where politics were prejudicing critics/audiences against a movie that was overall in my opinion quite enjoyable.

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  3. HI BRUCE: Thanks for the feedback. I am pleased that Louise seems to share my view that Cuckoo’s Nest was not the type of feelgood film that a lot of people such as I can retain an interest in.

    Judging by the way he keeps scolding me Steve seems to think that if you don’t buy into films that have been conventionally very popular you are not a REAL moviegoer whereas tastes among audiences overall can be very diverse.

    If that were not so every Clark Gable film when he was in his heyday for example would have attracted an almost identical audience whereas the likes of Test Pilot was a massive hit and [as your tables show] Parnell though popular enough was not a mega hit and Clark had the same leading lady in both movies: The Thin Woman and there are those who like to think that she was made of gold! [In today’s money according to Wiki Test Pilot turned a $16 million dollar profit for MGM whilst Parnell suffered a loss of around $12 million]

    None of that takes away from the brilliant acting in Cuckoo’s Nest and whilst Nicholson and Louise are – rightly- continually lauded for their performances nobody ever mentions William Redfield who played Dale Harding.

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  4. Louise Fletcher is # 730 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list.

    4 DONALD SUTHERLAND Aurora Borealis (2005)
    5 MICHAEL CAINE On Deadly Ground (1994)
    10 MARTIN SHEEN Firestarter (1984)
    12 MAX VON SYDOW Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
    14 ERNEST BORGNINE THE GENESIS CODE (2010)
    25 MALCOLM MCDOWELL The Player (1992)
    26 MICHAEL MADSEN Mulholland Falls (1996)
    26 MICHAEL MADSEN The Girl Gets Moe (1997)
    27 FRANK WELKER Virtuosity (1995)
    29 NED BEATTY Blind Vision (1996)
    29 NED BEATTY Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
    36 ROD STEIGER The Lucky Star (1980)
    36 ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
    43 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Brainstorm (1983)
    54 JACK NICHOLSON One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    56 ELLIOTT GOULD The Player (1992)
    60 JOHN RHYS-DAVIES Grizzly II: The Concert (1987)
    66 BRUCE WILLIS The Player (1992)
    68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    68 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD The Lady in Red (1979)
    69 ALAN ARKIN The Magician of Lublin (1979)
    70 SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
    73 BURT REYNOLDS Frankenstein and Me (1997)
    73 BURT REYNOLDS The Player (1992)
    79 BRUCE DERN Mulholland Falls (1996)
    80 JOHN MALKOVICH Mulholland Falls (1996)
    83 RICHARD JENKINS Blue Steel (1989)
    87 ROBERT LOGGIA Overnight Sensation (1984)
    90 MARTIN LANDAU Very Mean Men (2000)
    91 JOSS ACKLAND Giorgino (1994)
    93 TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
    95 JAMES EARL JONES Best of the Best (1989)
    95 JAMES EARL JONES Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
    106 BRAD DOURIF One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    113 JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
    119 DEAN STOCKWELL The Player (1992)
    123 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Player (1992)
    126 SCOTT GLENN Edie & Pen (1996)
    126 SCOTT GLENN The Player (1992)
    128 DAVID WARNER Tryst (1996)
    131 ROBERT VAUGHN Blind Vision (1996)
    137 SHELLEY WINTERS The Magician of Lublin (1979)
    139 JAMES HONG Shadowzone (1990)
    147 TOM SIZEMORE Blue Steel (1989)
    148 WHOOPI GOLDBERG More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
    148 WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
    150 GRETA SCACCHI The Player (1992)
    153 ROBERT FORSTER The Lady in Red (1979)
    160 DANNY GLOVER Gone Fishin’ (1997)
    163 JAMES CROMWELL The Cheap Detective (1978)
    168 ROBERT WAGNER The Player (1992)
    174 ANJELICA HUSTON One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    174 ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
    175 BEN GAZZARA Very Mean Men (2000)
    176 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Nobody’s Fool (1986)
    177 LANCE HENRIKSEN The Genesis Code (2010)
    179 XANDER BERKELEY Breast Men (1997)
    181 JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
    185 JOHN CUSACK The Player (1992)
    190 MIKE STARR Blue Steel (1989)
    190 MIKE STARR On Deadly Ground (1994)
    195 NICK NOLTE Mulholland Falls (1996)
    195 NICK NOLTE The Player (1992)
    202 ERIC ROBERTS Best of the Best (1989)
    202 ERIC ROBERTS Nobody’s Fool (1986)
    205 PETER FALK The Cheap Detective (1978)
    205 PETER FALK The Player (1992)
    207 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Russian Roulette (1975)
    212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN A Map of the World (1999)
    213 DANNY DEVITO One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    218 GEORGE SEGAL Russian Roulette (1975)
    228 JOSE FERRER Natural Enemies (1979)
    229 CHARLES DURNING Very Mean Men (2000)
    231 TREAT WILLIAMS Mulholland Falls (1996)
    240 RICHARD E. GRANT The Player (1992)
    243 HAL HOLBROOK Natural Enemies (1979)
    262 WALLACE SHAWN Strange Invaders (1983)
    263 DANNY AIELLO 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    268 CAROL KANE Gone Fishin’ (1997)
    272 DENZEL WASHINGTON Virtuosity (1995)
    276 SEYMOUR CASSEL Johnny 316 (1998)
    276 SEYMOUR CASSEL Manna from Heaven (2002)
    276 SEYMOUR CASSEL Tollbooth (1994)
    278 AUSTIN PENDLETON 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Manna from Heaven (2002)
    278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Talk to Me (1984)
    280 JULIETTE LEWIS Aurora Borealis (2005)
    281 CLORIS LEACHMAN Manna from Heaven (2002)
    282 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO The Player (1992)
    283 PETER COYOTE More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
    284 JULIANNE MOORE A Map of the World (1999)
    286 SIGOURNEY WEAVER A Map of the World (1999)
    294 MELANIE GRIFFITH Mulholland Falls (1996)
    295 WILL PATTON Tollbooth (1994)
    299 RICHARD BURTON Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
    301 JOE PANTOLIANO Silver Man (2000)
    318 STOCKARD CHANNING Edie & Pen (1996)
    318 STOCKARD CHANNING The Cheap Detective (1978)
    335 KEVIN DUNN Blue Steel (1989)
    337 BILLY BOB THORNTON On Deadly Ground (1994)
    346 MICHAEL MCKEAN Edie & Pen (1996)
    348 KEITH CARRADINE 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    348 KEITH CARRADINE Thieves Like Us (1974)
    360 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI LOVE KILLS (2000)
    360 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    375 TERI GARR The Player (1992)
    377 JEFF DANIELS 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    390 BURT YOUNG Very Mean Men (2000)
    394 ED LAUTER Mulholland Falls (1996)
    406 GARY BUSEY The Player (1992)
    409 MICHAEL LERNER Strange Invaders (1983)
    413 RANCE HOWARD THE GENESIS CODE (2010)
    419 ANN-MARGRET The Cheap Detective (1978)
    431 HENRY SILVA A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
    444 DEBI MAZAR More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
    449 CHARLES NAPIER Very Mean Men (2000)
    455 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Gone Fishin’ (1997)
    455 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Nobody’s Fool (1986)
    457 DAVID ALAN GRIER The Player (1992)
    463 TOM SKERRITT Thieves Like Us (1974)
    472 JACK KEHLER Strange Invaders (1983)
    473 MICHAEL MURPHY Strange Behavior (1981)
    473 MICHAEL MURPHY Talk to Me (1984)
    479 VIVECA LINDFORS Natural Enemies (1979)
    481 KAREN BLACK Invaders from Mars (1986)
    481 KAREN BLACK The Player (1992)
    482 JOHN C. MCGINLEY On Deadly Ground (1994)
    484 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Edie & Pen (1996)
    489 DICK MILLER The Lady in Red (1979)
    490 DALE DYE Invaders from Mars (1986)
    498 MAURY CHAYKIN Gone Fishin’ (1997)
    502 JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
    515 JOE MANTEGNA More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
    518 ERIC STOLTZ 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    523 DREW BARRYMORE Firestarter (1984)
    525 FRED WARD The Player (1992)
    530 CHARLIZE THERON 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    540 DOM DELUISE The Cheap Detective (1978)
    552 GEORGE CLOONEY Grizzly II: The Concert (1987)
    556 JAMES SPADER 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY (1996)
    557 JEREMY PIVEN The Player (1992)
    570 CLIFF ROBERTSON Brainstorm (1983)
    578 MATTHEW MODINE Very Mean Men (2000)
    580 CLIFTON JAMES Talk to Me (1984)
    584 JENNIFER TILLY Edie & Pen (1996)
    587 CHRIS PENN Best of the Best (1989)
    587 CHRIS PENN Mulholland Falls (1996)
    591 JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT Giorgino (1994)
    596 JON LOVITZ HIGH SCHOOL HIGH (1996)
    614 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Virtuosity (1995)
    625 ROD TAYLOR A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
    655 R. LEE ERMEY On Deadly Ground (1994)
    669 PATRICK SWAYZE The Player (1992)
    690 IAN MCNEICE GRIZZLY II: THE CONCERT (1987)
    693 JAMES RUSSO The Girl Gets Moe (1997)
    712 SALLY KELLERMAN The Player (1992)
    725 BARRY SULLIVAN A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
    736 FREDDIE JONES Firestarter (1984)
    747 GINA GERSHON The Player (1992)
    751 STUART WILSON EDIE & PEN (1996)
    755 PAUL DOOLEY The Player (1992)
    770 MADELINE KAHN The Cheap Detective (1978)
    772 SALLY KIRKLAND Best of the Best (1989)
    772 SALLY KIRKLAND The Player (1992)
    805 CHARLES LANE Strange Behavior (1981)
    805 CHARLES LANE Strange Invaders (1983)
    807 LUCY LIU LOVE KILLS (2000)
    812 GEORGE C. SCOTT Firestarter (1984)
    825 JOAN CHEN ON DEADLY GROUND (1994)
    830 GENEVIEVE BUJOLD Finding Home (2003)
    840 KEVIN MCCARTHY A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
    841 MILLA JOVOVICH TWO MOON JUNCTION (1988)
    843 CHRIS COOPER Breast Men (1997)
    847 BUD CORT Invaders from Mars (1986)
    855 ANDIE MACDOWELL The Player (1992)
    869 RICHARD ANDERSON A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
    869 RICHARD ANDERSON The Player (1992)
    874 DAVID KEITH Firestarter (1984)
    882 PETER GALLAGHER The Player (1992)
    891 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Player (1992)
    905 CHRISTINE BARANSKI CRUEL INTENTIONS (1999)
    910 MIMI ROGERS Dancing in Twilight (2005)
    910 MIMI ROGERS The Player (1992)
    914 JAMIE LEE CURTIS Blue Steel (1989)
    954 RUSSELL CROWE Virtuosity (1995)
    969 BRION JAMES The Player (1992)
    984 LESLEY ANNE WARREN LOVE KILLS (2000)
    HM (834) NICOL WILLIAMSON The Cheap Detective (1978)
    HM (930) WILLIAM FICHTNER Virtuosity (1995)
    HM (963) TIMOTHY BOTTOMS Invaders from Mars (1986)
    HM (972) GORDON JACKSON RUSSIAN ROULETTE (1975)
    HM (975) DAVID OGDEN-STEIRS THE CHEAP DETECTIVE (1978)
    HM (999) BUCK HENRY The Player (1992)

    The Boy Who Could Fly featuring Louise was my best film of 1986.

    Brainstorm made my 10 best of 1983.

    I remember Blue Steel featuring Louise was at our local theater, Lews American in 1990 just a few blocks from where I lived at the time. I crossed the borough and went to see it at the Riverdale Twin, the only occasion that I was ever there. Why did I travel there. Because we got a sneak preview of Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts.

    Louise appeared with 33 Oscar winners.

    ALAN ARKIN The Magician of Lublin (1979)
    ANJELICA HUSTON One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
    ART CARNEY Firestarter (1984)
    BURL IVES Two Moon Junction (1988)
    CHARLIZE THERON 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    CHER The Player (1992)
    CHRIS COOPER Breast Men (1997)
    CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Brainstorm (1983)
    CLIFF ROBERTSON Brainstorm (1983)
    CLORIS LEACHMAN Manna from Heaven (2002)
    DENZEL WASHINGTON Virtuosity (1995)
    ERNEST BORGNINE THE GENESIS CODE (2010)
    GEORGE C. SCOTT Firestarter (1984)
    GEORGE CLOONEY Grizzly II: The Concert (1987)
    JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
    JACK NICHOLSON One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
    JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
    JENNIFER CONNELLY Mulholland Falls (1996)
    JOSE FERRER Natural Enemies (1979)
    JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
    JULIANNE MOORE A Map of the World (1999)
    LAURA DERN Grizzly II: The Concert (1987)
    MARSHA MASON 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    MARSHA MASON The Cheap Detective (1978)
    MARTIN LANDAU Very Mean Men (2000)
    MICHAEL CAINE On Deadly Ground (1994)
    REESE WITHERSPOON Cruel Intentions (1999)
    ROD STEIGER The Lucky Star (1980)
    ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
    RUSSELL CROWE Virtuosity (1995)
    SHELLEY WINTERS The Magician of Lublin (1979)
    SHIRLEY JONES Manna from Heaven (2002)
    SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
    TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
    WHOOPI GOLDBERG More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
    WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)

    What is Grizzly 2 with Louise, George Clooney and Laura Dern?

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    2. Hey Dan..thanks for the trivia lists on Louise Fletcher. Really surprised she not only made the Oracle list but almost reached the 600s. Her performance in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is awesome….but the rest of her career has been somewhat underwhelming. Looks like some great supporting actors (Austin Pendleton and Seymour Cassel) have the honors as most frequent Oracle co-stars. Just saw Pendleton as Orson Welles son in Catch-22. 33 Oscar winning co-stars is right where I would have guessed…..and an average total. As for Grizzly 2…..some confusion on that one…IMBd says it was released in 1983…..but other sources say 1987. Clooney played Ron….it had to be one of his first movies. I might have to go back and give that one the least amount of box office I can…just to get it included in our database. Good stuff as always.

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      1. I never saw it. Since Dern, Fletcher and Clooney have been in my file a long time that info is probably from when I first input it. According to the trivia on IMDB, Cannon bought it in 1987, was supposed to do post production and release in 88, but Cannon had financial difficulties. They also say the film was completed in 2000.

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    3. Dan, I greatly appreciate you, your comments, your record keeping, your overwhelming movie experience. I ask that you share with us your top movie or ten from each year. I hope this will not be an imposition . your friend , bob cox

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  5. By coincidence I have just finished watching the 26 year old Louise in a 1960 episode of the Perry Mason TV series . The young Louise was quite lovely to look at and in the episode she plays a nice innocent girl whom Mason has to defend against a charge of murder. Her character there was clearly a far cry from the shrew who was Nurse Ratched in Cuckoo’s Nest.

    On top of her big screen career Louise made several TV movies and Wikipedia lists 24 other TV productions that she appeared in between 1958 and 2017. That haul includes the aforementioned Perry Mason episode plus another Mason outing the same year. Other famous TV shows that the young Louise appeared in were Wagon Train/The Untouchables/Maverick.

    Personally I never took to the Cuckoo’s Nest movie as a whole but Louise was brilliant in it; and I enjoyed her in 4 other movies as well – A Gathering of Eagles/Blue Steel/Virtuosity/Mulholland Falls.

    IMDB credits Louise with 12 acting awards and 10 noms. Celebrity Net Worth site quotes a surprising low current net worth for Louise – just $1 million. The only celeb net worth that I have personally seen that is lower than Louise’s belongs to Joel Hirschhorn who is said to have left a net worth of just $600,000 when he died in 2005 [equivalent to $775,000 today].

    However it’s possible that Louise and Joel spend a lot of their earnings down the years; though if one were to judge just by his appearance in photographs on the internet Joel strikes one as a bit of a tight wad who wouldn’t have spent much. Still they say “You can’t judge a book by its cover” so maybe Joel squandered a fortune on gambling or was a secret Errol Flynn type who threw his money away on booze and wild women. Regretfully none of my sources quote any acting projects in the pipeline for Louise at the moment.

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    1. Hey Bob. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on our latest UMR page. With this page being done….that only leaves two Best Actress Winners that need an UMR page. That will be a nice project to finish when I get those last two done.

      Thanks for the information on her television career, awards and surprising net worth. That is a bad sign that Joel did not amass a bigger nest egg. I am counting on talking about movies to be a big money winner…..one day…..lol.

      As for One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. A classic, but is such a downer. I have read that Fletcher can not watch it anymore because her character is so evil. So I am sure many feel the same way you do.

      As for Gathering of Eagles….I have not seen that one….but I have seen the others that you mentioned…I will have to track down Eagles. Good stuff as always.

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