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Louise Fletcher, the Oscar winning Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, dies aged 88
Sky News ^ | September 24, 2022 | Megan Baynes

Posted on 09/23/2022 9:40:52 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain

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To: miserare

“No comment.”

That is a comment.


21 posted on 09/23/2022 10:55:27 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

We were watching her in a Perry Mason episode from the 60’s. So cute with big beautiful eyes.

Even when she played nurse Ratchet, she was much prettier than the way they made her up for that part.


22 posted on 09/23/2022 11:11:16 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

That was such an amazing movie.


23 posted on 09/23/2022 11:15:50 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Ciaphas Cain

She was a totally believable bitch in her role in “One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.” This is an attribute to her immense skills as an actress. She was probably a really nice person. I will miss her skills in film.


24 posted on 09/23/2022 11:31:52 PM PDT by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

I loved when nurses were all white uniforms and white hose and garters etc

It was hot

And they were skinnier

I can’t believe how fat hosp women workers are now

But I get lucky usually my cardio nurses are hot and young

I can still remember at around 9 I stayed with a buddy in his room on twin beds and his comely Nurse mom around aged 28-32 came in in her slip getting ready early with her big pointy brassiere on and she was buxom but slim and she got her gear and came over it being pretty early around 6-7 am and she kissed him goodbye and then leaned over and gave same to me on my cheek
I caught that flat tummy and her stocking feet and cleavage spilled around the top of the bra
She was tan it being summer in Natchez

I had no idea why of course at that age but I remember feeling a flush of warmth all over

I told my mom in later years and her being moms bestie since high school my mom said man she would die to know how you still remember that early moment of awakening

When she died of cancer in the late 2000s I said a small prayer and thanks for her

Ratchet was not unattractive despite the character personality

Good performances but not my sort of movie

I’ve known me some nurses as a grown man

You could do worse

A lot worse


25 posted on 09/23/2022 11:33:05 PM PDT by wardaddy (Sound and Fury Republic)
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To: ansel12

Fatal attraction before it


26 posted on 09/23/2022 11:34:20 PM PDT by wardaddy (Sound and Fury Republic)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Back in a time when Hollywood was still making movies...


27 posted on 09/23/2022 11:41:34 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: lee martell
We have all known people like this in various walks of life.

And they usually vote Democrat!

(just kidding, kind of)

Yes, she was quite a lovely actress. Who was able to reach deep down and channel cold stern icy so that it warped her character's face. And then at the end, when we see her with the neck brace, she's been more or less humbled by McMurphy. They broke him, but he broke her first.

28 posted on 09/24/2022 12:27:14 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (#notmypedophile)
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To: wardaddy
"I can’t believe how fat hosp women workers are now."

Cigarette smoking did help keep the weight off.

29 posted on 09/24/2022 1:12:00 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

RIP!


30 posted on 09/24/2022 2:50:19 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Played her role to perfection. The caretaker for the opioid supply in the asylum.


31 posted on 09/24/2022 4:37:33 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: Ciaphas Cain

A working Acress for more than 50 years.
A very attactive woman.
Never knew her politics.

A life well lived.
We should alll be so fortunate.

she was in “Brainstorm” - great 80’s scifi


32 posted on 09/24/2022 5:35:33 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: wardaddy

I’m waiting for some news report of a healthcare worker tolling around in a Walmart Grocery Scooter at work. After all, some of those people must have jobs somewhere, right?


33 posted on 09/24/2022 6:08:33 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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34 posted on 09/24/2022 7:34:24 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: LibertyWoman

So, she’s not gonna be investigating any more murders while writing books?🤪


35 posted on 09/24/2022 1:45:39 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: o-n-money

Very disturbing. The book and the movie are one reason we no longer have asylums for the mentally ill. Instead they’re living on the streets enjoying their “freedom” from Nurse Ratched.


36 posted on 09/24/2022 6:48:11 PM PDT by xp38
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To: wardaddy

They are also the slutiest profession - Nurses, regardless of attractiveness, seem to attract female sex fiends more than any other vocation.


37 posted on 09/24/2022 9:21:28 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: Clemenza

I know

I loved it


38 posted on 09/24/2022 9:22:55 PM PDT by wardaddy (Sound and Fury Republic)
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To: billorites

True

My first cardiologist at mt Sinai

Smoked camel non filters

A French Jew

He was a pistol and then some


39 posted on 09/24/2022 9:26:48 PM PDT by wardaddy (Sound and Fury Republic)
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