Louise Fletcher

Louise Fletcher in Regent's Aurora Borealis - 2006

Biography

Born 07/22/1934

You won't find Louise Fletcher complaining about roles for women. This hard-working actress began in TV in the late 1950s and early 60s but had been away from the business for more than a decade raising her two sons when her friendship with Robert Altman led to her feature debut in the director's...
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Awards

  • In 1976, received BAFTA Award for Best Actress
  • In 1975, received Oscar for Best Actress
  • In 1975, received Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)

Highlights

  • In 2006, Co-starred with Donald Sutherland in the family drama, "Aurora Borealis"
  • In 2004, Had a Guest-starring role on CBS' "Joan of Arcadia"; received an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
  • In 2001, Appeared in "AfterImage"; screened at Sundance Film Festival

Family & Companions

  • Morgan Mason: born in 1949; together for three and a half years from 1977 to 1980; son of actor James Mason and Pamela Mason
  • Reverend Robert Capers Fletcher: father (worked at deaf ministries in Alabama from 1929 to 1972; hearing-impaired)
  • Estelle Caldwell Fletcher: mother (born deaf on April 11, 1901; worked with the hearing impaired; died on August 24, 1992 in Alexandria, Virginia at age 91)

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