Oscar-winning ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ actor Louise Fletcher dies
September 24, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died at age 88.
Ivan Passer, a leading Czech New Wave filmmaker, dies at 86
January 10, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Ivan Passer, a leading filmmaker of the Czech New Wave who with Milos Forman fled Soviet-controlled Prague and forged a celebrated career in Hollywood, has died...
Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director, dies at 86
April 14, 2018 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Czech filmmaker Milos Forman, whose American movies "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Amadeus" won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died Saturday...
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