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Oscar-winning Actress Louise Fletcher Dies at 88

Louise Fletcher, pictured in February 2007, died at her home in southern France VINCE BUCCI GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
Louise Fletcher, pictured in February 2007, died at her home in southern France VINCE BUCCI GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
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Oscar-winning Actress Louise Fletcher Dies at 88

Louise Fletcher, pictured in February 2007, died at her home in southern France VINCE BUCCI GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
Louise Fletcher, pictured in February 2007, died at her home in southern France VINCE BUCCI GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File

Louise Fletcher, the US actress who won an Oscar in 1976 for her performance as villain Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," has died, her family said in a statement to AFP Saturday.

While she was best known for her portrayal of Mildred Ratched, Fletcher had an acting career that spanned more than six decades, including numerous appearances in television shows.

Fletcher, who was 88, "died peacefully at her home in France surrounded by her family," the statement said.

She had a recurring role on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," and garnered Emmy nominations for guest-starring roles on "Picket Fences" and "Joan of Arcadia" in 1996 and 2004 respectively.

Born in 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama to hearing-impaired parents, Fletcher used sign language to thank them for their support during her Oscar acceptance speech.

Her last credited work was a two-episode run guest-starring on the Netflix show "Girlboss" in 2017, according to IMDb.com.

Fletcher died at her home that she built "out of a 300 year old farmhouse" in France's south, her family said in the statement.

She is survived by two sons, US media reported.

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'Romeo and Juliet' Star Olivia Hussey Dies Aged 73

Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey starred in the 1968 adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet". CHRIS DELMAS / AFP
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey starred in the 1968 adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet". CHRIS DELMAS / AFP
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'Romeo and Juliet' Star Olivia Hussey Dies Aged 73

Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey starred in the 1968 adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet". CHRIS DELMAS / AFP
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey starred in the 1968 adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet". CHRIS DELMAS / AFP

Olivia Hussey, who starred as a teenage Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," garnering her a Golden Globe, died Friday at age 73, her family announced.
"Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom, and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew her," her family said in a statement posted to her Instagram account.
Buenos Aires-born Hussey was 15 when she and her co-lead Leonard Whiting starred in the Oscar-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy, AFP said.
In 2023, the two actors filed a lawsuit against the studio alleging child abuse over a controversial nude scene featuring the pair, who were minors at the time.
A judge dismissed the lawsuit later that year.
In a 2018 interview with entertainment trade publication Variety, Hussey said Zeffirelli had shot the nude scene tastefully.
"Everyone thinks they were so young they probably didn't realize what they were doing," Hussey said.
"But we were very aware. We both came from drama schools and when you work, you take your work very seriously."
Whiting told Variety the pair had supported each other through the daunting experience.
"Olivia was very, very nervous and frightened as well, but we really were very fond of each other and we helped each other get through the whole thing," he said in 2023.
Born to an Argentine opera singer and a British legal secretary, Hussey moved with her family from Buenos Aires to London when she was seven years old.
She studied at the Italia Conti drama school and was already a working actor as a teenager when she was cast in Zeffirelli's film.
Hussey, who received a "New Star of the Year" Golden Globe for her performance, would later star in the 1974 slasher film "Black Christmas" and the 1978 adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile", among other projects.
She is survived by her husband David Eisley, their three children and a grandchild.