Louise Fletcher, Oscar Winner for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

The classic film, based on Ken Kesey’s novel and exploring the repressive tendency of authority through the story of the patients and staff

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was the first film in more than four decades to sweep the major categories of best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay

In the American Film Institute TV special “AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Heroes & Villains,” Fletcher’s Nurse Ratched was named the fifth-greatest villain in film history