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What award did Louise Fletcher win for her role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

  • Tony Award

  • Academy Award

  • Grammy Award

  • MTV Award

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Louise Fletcher won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She played Nurse Ratched, the head nurse at a mental hospital where Jack Nicholson's character, Randle McMurphy, is sent. Fletcher's performance was praised for its intensity and realism, and she is considered one of the greatest actresses of all time.
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