Louise Fletcher Wins Best Actress: 48th Oscars (1976)

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  • Louise Fletcher winning the Best Actress Oscar® for her performance in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" - 48th Annual Academy Awards® in 1976. Presented by Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland.
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    Louise Fletcher Wins Best Actress: 48th Oscars (1976)
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  • @Crazymike1975
    @Crazymike1975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    Rest in Peace Louise Fletcher. You deserved that Oscar and you will be sadly missed.

    • @frederickhaaken456
      @frederickhaaken456 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes!

    • @luigipinna4135
      @luigipinna4135 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Depends... Never I will forget her and the whole staff of the movie...

    • @BOTzerker
      @BOTzerker ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@luigipinna4135 I just watched the movie again a few days ago. Knowing the plot, I was able to concentrate on the performances. The cast was definitely one to remember. So many of them and they all were great.

    • @ericmaher6606
      @ericmaher6606 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think she was only paid a few thousand dollars for her part, bad agent

  • @kame.hame.ha.11
    @kame.hame.ha.11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best speech given by an actress in oscar history I bet

  • @carolynjohnson2326
    @carolynjohnson2326 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a wonderful speech and a beautiful human being. OFOTCN has been my favorite movie of all time for YEARS and I am terribly saddened by her passing.

  • @scottbrandts610
    @scottbrandts610 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My God. Those exquisite, blue eyes...
    And then, there are her performances to behold!

  • @jeffkiper8199
    @jeffkiper8199 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3245

    My heart just melted when she started to sign for her parents, who are deaf and she's trying to hold back her tears. What an honor it must have been for them to be acknowledged by their daughter on her winning night.

    • @anantambisht4895
      @anantambisht4895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Same.mannn

    • @Winterstick549
      @Winterstick549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I had no idea,, thank you for sharing that.

    • @phillipdennis8911
      @phillipdennis8911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Jeff Kiper I met her father since I was young teenager in my ex-school at Alabama school for the deaf . Her father was pastor. He had been in Alabama school for the deaf at talladega, Alabama very long time ago when he was graduated then went to seminary in was first deaf man enter up there . I remember.

    • @ancietman
      @ancietman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      One classy lady.

    • @triciajohansen9295
      @triciajohansen9295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      It was the first language she learned before spoken English.

  • @call2872
    @call2872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +729

    Her acceptance speech remains one of the most genuine and touching speech in Oscar. I love how she thanked her parents with sign languages. Just wonderful. RIP.

    • @vjshoegal4027
      @vjshoegal4027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And, to a gorgeous Jill Ireland and handsome Charles Bronson. Ms. Fletcher's acceptance speech was truly one of the best, and signing to her parents is heartfelt. May you all enjoy the stars togethers! 🙏

    • @ronniestar8762
      @ronniestar8762 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      just saw the news she sadly passed away but what a life she had... RIP a truly beautiful actress

    • @Dreamskater100
      @Dreamskater100 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Truly. So beautiful, all of it.

    • @DippyHippie
      @DippyHippie ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I loved it too,especially since I am deaf!

  • @narrowgate528
    @narrowgate528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    “I absolutely loved being hated by you. All the actors and their capacity for getting into their rolls, made being in a mental institution like being in a mental institution.” I have never loved an acceptance speech like I loved this one. Her directness, her ability to speak succinctly. Her humor that wasn’t some contrived, stupid one-liner, but had a point. I’m watching this movie again with a new love for Louise Fletcher.

  • @wendymathews1030
    @wendymathews1030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    That was the best acceptance speech I've ever heard. She totally deserved that award, in my opinion.

  • @timetraveler-zz3ln
    @timetraveler-zz3ln 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1333

    She's such a sweetheart. So contrary to her character.

    • @egglady
      @egglady 8 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      +timetraveler4000 Nice people are usually the best at playing villains. Probably because they are able to find the humanity in their characters.

    • @Cinemabuff97
      @Cinemabuff97 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Agreed. That just means she is a great actress and a great person.

    • @alaalfa8839
      @alaalfa8839 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The director Milos Forman said in documentary he wanted such nice looking woman, playing the nasty woman, or something like that. He usually chosed actors who were not famous. or unknown actors playing famous characters as unknown man plying Amadeus.

    • @ejshelby5460
      @ejshelby5460 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s the ultimate display of characterisation vs character revelation in drama writing, what appears on the outside contrasts dramatically the choices & actions (inside) hence the emotional effect

    • @badegg7915
      @badegg7915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@egglady pretty accurate depiction man
      they usually have more emphaty than anybody, that what makes understand feelings so much better than anyone, good actors are usually bunch of good people

  • @724Cara
    @724Cara 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1618

    Ann-Margret looks like she's plotting world domination

    • @perspellman
      @perspellman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      She knew she didn't stand a chance.

    • @RaikenXion
      @RaikenXion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      She was, look where we are at now. Its all because of her!

    • @peterfranks6243
      @peterfranks6243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I noticed that too

    • @normanleach9587
      @normanleach9587 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Ann Margret grew as actress but few truly bothered to recognized those subtle qualities. Monroe suffered the same indescression. Personally, I loved seeing her tenacious core-strength. She's a person of considerable power.

    • @neworleansguy10
      @neworleansguy10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      They all do, actually. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a category of actresses where all 5 have given serious death stares. I mean, WHOAAAA!!

  • @MichelleB2b
    @MichelleB2b 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1831

    I absolutely love how Louise Fletchers gown floats across the stage.

    • @Cinemabuff97
      @Cinemabuff97 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Michelle B Especially with that wonderful music playing and the applause.

    • @stever507
      @stever507 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Michelle B Like a ghost or Angel

    • @Skidoo22
      @Skidoo22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      my dressing gown does that every morning

    • @ANTHONY0808able
      @ANTHONY0808able 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@Skidoo22 Who would have believed Nurse Ratched had that beautiful smile ???

    • @BOHEMIANMEX
      @BOHEMIANMEX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That’s what i call to have class

  • @brainscott8198
    @brainscott8198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    Truly a speech from the heart. Not one stutter, nor "Oh, wow!!"...not one word read from a card. One of the best acceptance speeches ever.

    • @aliciagigliotti8830
      @aliciagigliotti8830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      RIP. 🙏✌️❤️

    • @frankhogan7541
      @frankhogan7541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I had to come here again. rest in peace Louise Fletcher

    • @peacefuljeffrey
      @peacefuljeffrey 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They had CLASS back then.

  • @ajaj5945
    @ajaj5945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Her message at the end to her parents has always been one of the sweetest.

  • @frumaatholoid
    @frumaatholoid 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1482

    So touching when she thanks her deaf parents and tells them they are "watching her dream come true". Such a simple but heartfelt gesture. *cries*

    • @housedubs1
      @housedubs1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Dang onions!

    • @VidzMisc
      @VidzMisc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      i thought it was beautiful

    • @macf4426
      @macf4426 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Don’t mind me, just watering my beard. 😭😭😭

    • @ThisIsCanadaEh
      @ThisIsCanadaEh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      frumaatholoid
      Both her parents are deaf? How?

    • @musicaltheatergeek79
      @musicaltheatergeek79 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *Billy Red* they were two deaf people who met and fell in love.

  • @cedrictrent92
    @cedrictrent92 8 ปีที่แล้ว +977

    We can see in this speech what a superb actress Louise Fletcher is. In the movie she is rotten and cruel, but in reality she is humble and sweet. It was a beautiful tribute she made to her parents at the end.

    • @darmawansyahsinulingga6658
      @darmawansyahsinulingga6658 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah...👍👍👍

    • @JenniferBrigitteOpticalVortex
      @JenniferBrigitteOpticalVortex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      She is ridiculously beautiful here. Here eyes shine. Her makeup is super modern!

    • @renegaderunner332
      @renegaderunner332 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Unfortunately, I think that performance killed her career. It was such an unlikable character

    • @perspellman
      @perspellman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Very true, but all the actors, some of them pure amateurs, got out their best in this film, so much thanks to Milos Forman.

    • @christianealshut1123
      @christianealshut1123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It was a role that no actress wanted (they offered it to several, all of whom turned it down) and Louise Flecther rose to the occasion.
      I also love her acceptance speech - one of the best that was ever made - because it is truly honest and heartfelt and not made for show as so many others.
      I also think that she got the Oscar for this role because she played Ratched as morw than just a stereotypical villain...There is a scene where she leaves the ward after her shift has ended and she lloks totally lonely when she walks down that aisle on the ward. Ratched is clearly a committed nurse, but it is also suggested that her life apart from that is empty.

  • @Saynt614
    @Saynt614 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1355

    Well she certainly made us hate that character. Takes a wonderful and brilliant actress to get an emotion from people like that. Nurse Ratched will always be one of the best villains of all time.

    • @sloop3720
      @sloop3720 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Captain Cartman I was genuinely happy when Randal was strangling nurse Ratched but sad that she didn't die. Now THAT takes a good actress to make someone hate a fictional character that much.

    • @markw3598
      @markw3598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Nurse Ratched and Hannibal Lecter should start dating!!

    • @angelacarleton9575
      @angelacarleton9575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's for damn sure !

    • @ANTHONY0808able
      @ANTHONY0808able 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@angelacarleton9575 Nurse Ratched withstands the test of time. People use that name in various phrases to this day and don't even know who she is and what it means.

    • @itsiwhatitsi
      @itsiwhatitsi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But Cartman is still #1 villain

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    She was amazing in a film that's pack loaded with incredible performances. She has that real hometown American beauty about her.

  • @DMacsPlace
    @DMacsPlace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Today we lost a truly gifted actress. She was humble, warm, down to earth and devoted to her parents, and yet she dug deep and delivered us a villain we all loathed. A beautiful human and a class act.

    • @matthewmcalister2165
      @matthewmcalister2165 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not just one villain, don’t forget her role in “Flowers in the Attic”.

    • @sonofmoss
      @sonofmoss ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@matthewmcalister2165and Kai Winn on Deep Space 9

    • @Ericwvb2
      @Ericwvb2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sonofmoss She was so good as Kai Winn. The instant she opened her mouth you just hated her guts. She was so good at her job!

    • @eamonmahoney9466
      @eamonmahoney9466 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don’t forget she also played Frank’s mom on Shameless

  • @ladyvee7110
    @ladyvee7110 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1800

    All the nominees look pissed off.

    • @bridgetryder5352
      @bridgetryder5352 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      A serial rapist was loose that Oscar year.

    • @casanova2469
      @casanova2469 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      @Lousy Sexy Flanders looking at all the nominee's credits, Louise was a relatively nobody who won the oscar beating out well established actors. That's called dry hate #dryhate

    • @LambertBowden56
      @LambertBowden56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@bridgetryder5352 That's not why they look pissed dummy. Did you mean a serial rapist in Hollywood? If not, murders and rapes happen all the time. That doesn't mean random people are going to sit around all the time upset.

    • @gbeesparker2188
      @gbeesparker2188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      That's because they knew that they were going to lose to nurse rached

    • @kdohertygizbur
      @kdohertygizbur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@casanova2469 Carol Kane was just as unknown as Miss Fletcher, she had tiny little roles in Carnal Knowledge and another one in Dog Day Afternoon the same year she was nominated for Hester Street, a tiny independent movie. She was not a name and neither was Miss Adjani, a French actress in an Foreign Language Film, Glenda Jackson already won 2 Best Actress Oscars in 1970 and 1973, she WAS NOT Winning for Hedda, another indie movie and then you have Ann Margret in Tommy, a supporting role in a so so movie. Fletcher was the front runner

  • @lordalessan
    @lordalessan 10 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    When she started thanking her parents in the end, the onions began stinging my eyes.

    • @NomadAngie
      @NomadAngie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And she was talking to her parents in ASL 😍😍😍

    • @fuzzyflick9905
      @fuzzyflick9905 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was raining INSIDE my house...👍👍☮️

  • @nonplayerzealot4
    @nonplayerzealot4 8 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    Beautiful eyes.

    • @mgrosse24
      @mgrosse24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nonplayerzealot4 which actress are you referring??

    • @hus390
      @hus390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I say Louise Ms Ratched

    • @Lengsel7
      @Lengsel7 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why, thank you. .....OH.....You meant her. Sorry. :p

    • @jsheekey1
      @jsheekey1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She was Stunning

  • @atomicprince929
    @atomicprince929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    RIP Louise Fletcher... she was simply stunning.

  • @brucewilson1958
    @brucewilson1958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    This is mid May, 2022. I'm 68. This is the first time I have ever seen this woman in 'real life'. I had only seen her in Cuckoos Nest. She is shockingly Sweet.
    Tender hearted. Kind. Humble. Sincerely grateful.
    Bravo.

    • @amandajstar
      @amandajstar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And... beautiful.

    • @charlotte5372
      @charlotte5372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I totally agree 🙂

    • @iamdonnietae
      @iamdonnietae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m 28, I was introduced to her as the evil principal Evelyn Doyle in ‘High School High’ with Jon Lovitz. I’m actually offended that the cast from that movie have not expressed condolences for Louise, like Lovitz (who also worked with her in another film), Tia Carrere, Mekhi Phifer, Guillermo Diaz. Each of them shared scenes with her and that film is arguably the only thing my age group knows her from unless they’ve seen ‘Cuckoos Nest’ as well. Though I doubt there’s a lot of 20somethings out there who have.

    • @enigma-wv7oc
      @enigma-wv7oc ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it's the same as with Anthony Hopkins, who played a dreadful monster in Silence of the Lambs, but is a true gentleman in real life.

  • @joet8862
    @joet8862 8 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    "Mr Cheswick sit down!"

    • @ihategoogle6066
      @ihategoogle6066 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      +Joe T "that music is for everyone Mr Mc Murphy"

    • @proxkei2266
      @proxkei2266 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      No Mr. McMurphy the meeting was adjourned!

    • @joet8862
      @joet8862 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      lee smith but the vote was 10 to 8!

    • @69adrummer
      @69adrummer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      No Joe T, the final count was 9 to 9!

    • @joet8862
      @joet8862 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      69adrummer "THE CHIEF OHH!!!!! nurse Ratched, the chief put his hand up! the chief put his hand up!"

  • @hectorgarcia2702
    @hectorgarcia2702 10 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    when she has a strate face she looks evil n mean, but when she smiles she looks beeeeeeautiful

    • @ipaddress305
      @ipaddress305 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I have 2 agree with you wholeheartedly. She looks so stern but she has the most beautiful smile. OMG.

    • @ohnoyoyo
      @ohnoyoyo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      thats what surprised me most about this clip. in the film shes such a hag faced witch... but, it turns out she was a massive mega babe! haha! hollywood why you lie?

    • @PepsiMama2
      @PepsiMama2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      In real life Louise Fletcher is a wonderful, generous and kind person... shows what a great actress she is...

    • @StevenCarinci
      @StevenCarinci 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PepsiMama2 So is Nurse Ratchet a wonderful, generous and kind person. She is the only character that stood for honesty and decency. She was truly a great American and Jack was a pimp moron who got what he deserved. Actually she turns me on in the movie.

    • @PepsiMama2
      @PepsiMama2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No Nurse Ratched was evil...

  • @wellychick1
    @wellychick1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Gosh she is beautiful! I'd never seen her so natural looking before. Only in costume. She's a brilliant actress and one of the classic timeless "villains" that will live on. I had no idea she was born to parents who were deaf. Makes her all the more brilliant in my opinion. What a wonderful gesture in acknowledging them in her speech. They did a marvelous job with their children. Bravo 👏

    • @wellychick1
      @wellychick1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Aldo Flores Bonilla I am saddened to hear this news. Thanks for the information. Knowing me I would've found out months or a year later! RIP to a gifted and humble actress (that speech was memorable) and the scariest grandmother ever! (Flowers in the Attic)

  • @wesleysolmon3320
    @wesleysolmon3320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Louise smiles more in the first 2 seconds of her speech than the entire film.

    • @richalderson6069
      @richalderson6069 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And she's got perfect teeth.

  • @OPaulo.Araujo
    @OPaulo.Araujo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    People didn't smile at that time?

    • @teenagefirework1
      @teenagefirework1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      IKR, I mean, I know a lot of people smiled when their faces would show up even at that time.. but all of the nominees look like sour pusses. XD

    • @andyelliott8027
      @andyelliott8027 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ***** I think they knew they wouldn't beat Louise,how could they?

    • @TimYoung817
      @TimYoung817 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Paulo Araujo Ikr. They all look pissed off at something. Someone told me that they thought everyone here was on drugs at this Academy Awards, if so then they must be coming down.

    • @JohnGeorgeHill
      @JohnGeorgeHill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +Paulo Araujo Simple answer, they all wanted that award VERY MUCH. People smile now, but their desire is still the same. They smile because they don't want people to hate them.

    • @TheGuruStud
      @TheGuruStud 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Paulo Araujo The AC broke down at the Academy...

  • @MaynusAngelo
    @MaynusAngelo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    Carol Kane just looks like a classical painting!

    • @jerrylorosae2690
      @jerrylorosae2690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She's the mix of monalisa and the girl with the pearl earring 😄

    • @monmothma3358
      @monmothma3358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Or someone from the Addams family! :D

    • @mscarolynnigro
      @mscarolynnigro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was about to write that !!!

    • @Haunter_Who88
      @Haunter_Who88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      She was then to what Helena Bonham Carter is to us today

    • @jeffreyturner7678
      @jeffreyturner7678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      she looks like she is dead...

  • @joeherald7319
    @joeherald7319 9 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    Just love this, so sweet, when she runs across that stage she looks like a flying angel and especially how she says "And now if you'll excuse me..." before she starts signing. I've never seen a more beautiful acceptance speech.

    • @lynnturman8157
      @lynnturman8157 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Joe Herald No? Check out Orson Welles receiving the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award.

    • @joeherald7319
      @joeherald7319 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Lynn Turman Thank you for the tip. I watched the Orson Welles AFI acceptance and it is, of course, momentous what else would we expect from this man. How many directors of his equal do we have today ?

    • @alazjaw.8968
      @alazjaw.8968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lynnturman8157 subjective.

  • @rhondatraywick3724
    @rhondatraywick3724 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Heard this morning that she passed away, age 88, she will always be remembered for the role she played and this heart felt acceptance speech! RIP Louise Fletcher! ❤️

    • @nsasupporter7557
      @nsasupporter7557 ปีที่แล้ว

      She passed away before Jack Nicholson 😮
      Another man outlived a women… “women live longer than men” is a myth!

  • @drstranger7430
    @drstranger7430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Favorite Best Actress gown ever. She was floating on stage, with the waltz going on, and her hair, her smile, and that touching speech. Golden moment! This was really for her.

  • @slickchrissy
    @slickchrissy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Still my favorite Oscars acceptance speech! Just lovely!

    • @jeffkiper8199
      @jeffkiper8199 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Christmas Snow Is that your real name? Ever watch THREE'S COMPANY?

    • @perspellman
      @perspellman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "I've loved being hated by you". Fantastic!

    • @thedr.feelgood
      @thedr.feelgood 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes ... just superb !
      If that signing doesn't touch you ..... I don't know was would .

    • @paulgentile1024
      @paulgentile1024 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      not as good as Will Smith's Oscar speech..🥊

    • @jeanettesmith765
      @jeanettesmith765 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulgentile1024 You are joking, right?

  • @angelacarleton9575
    @angelacarleton9575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I get emotional when Louise Fletcher starts to sign to her deaf parents for providing support in seeing her dreams come true. Love her for that!

  • @dman30712
    @dman30712 8 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    What a beautiful, eloquent speech. This makes me appreciate the humble actors who speak from the heart and are truly appreciative of being part of a creative work. I wish the academy awards were still like this

  • @emeraldaisle2927
    @emeraldaisle2927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What beautiful eyes and a wonderful smile. Louise deserved more good roles after this movie. I suppose she was too tall for most leading men for that era. It was certainly not because of a lack of talent.

  • @Garrettk41
    @Garrettk41 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    One of the most touching OSCAR moments ever. And rest in peace, Louise.

  • @dsprenger13
    @dsprenger13 8 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    why do they all look so miserable? lol

    • @itsumonihon
      @itsumonihon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      +dsprenger13 coz they knew she was gonna win it

    • @Joylibelle
      @Joylibelle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      Because smiling during the announcement was considered to be inappropriate and presumptious. Like they expected to win.. Not smiling meant being polite.

    • @will.a.benjamin
      @will.a.benjamin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +dsprenger13 I was wondering the same thing.

    • @will.a.benjamin
      @will.a.benjamin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +Joylibelle These days they smile though...sometimes even looking at the camera.

    • @eszterszeles8990
      @eszterszeles8990 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Women, excitement, more drama. Probably that's why.

  • @lowkeyhobbiesandinterests9336
    @lowkeyhobbiesandinterests9336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I love everything about this clip. Isabelle Adjani. Carol Kane's look. Angelica Huston. Also, the fact that all the nominees look like they just can't be bothered. And that speech!

    • @jdolnick2741
      @jdolnick2741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They looked like they were at a funeral.

    • @Dreamskater100
      @Dreamskater100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jdolnick2741 Lol!

    • @anujpramanik1819
      @anujpramanik1819 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@jdolnick2741 Glenda Jackson was already so pale and white like a f***ing dead body! 😑

  • @babsandgirly
    @babsandgirly 10 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Man, I cry when she thanks her parents. My parents were handicapped and it just really moving.

  • @patrickfloresenciso526
    @patrickfloresenciso526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    RIP. Louise Fletcher (1934-2022)

  • @StarFleet_Tech1701
    @StarFleet_Tech1701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    RIP Louise Fletcher on September 23, 2022 - Kai Winn (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)

  • @jhamtramck4569
    @jhamtramck4569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    She had given up acting for ten years to raise a family and after returning wins an best actress Oscar!

  • @jackknopf5974
    @jackknopf5974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! What a speech. I hated her too in One Flew Over the Cuckoos' Nest. A simply awful character because she was the best actress performing it.

  • @rustinpieces
    @rustinpieces 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Thank you, Louise, for reminding us there was a beautiful human being behind that fearful role you played in one of the best movies ever made. Be blessed, and may you rest in peace.

  • @werthmelissa
    @werthmelissa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just found out she passed away today! Farewell Nurse Ratched.

  • @pcyclone4505
    @pcyclone4505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Beautiful, rare and charismatic actress..She performed the best female-vilain character ever in 1975...And this hommage to her deaf parents is very moving. RIP Mrs Fletcher. France.

  • @SirHilaryManfat
    @SirHilaryManfat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    This whole moment is why I loved the Oscars in the 70's. Louise Fletcher's speech was genuine, heartfelt and to the point; Unlike the overly exaggerated emotional bull fest speeches that (most of) the newer actors tend to spew out today. I also appreciate that the losing nominees were openly pissed off, as they should be. These days, they just smile and fake modesty at their loss.

    • @sign543
      @sign543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Animal House - Your complaints make no sense to me. How do you know the current speeches are just bull? You can’t read minds. You are just exposing the very common trope of romanticizing the past, as if things were better then, when things weren’t nearly as good as people pretend they were. Times are hard in every era, and good times are good in any era. Our culture has certainly changed, but just because it happened 30, 40, or 50 years ago doesn’t mean it’s better.

    • @Dustshoe
      @Dustshoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Oscars were much better back in the day. The folk on stage in the bygone days were much more entertaining, they were much more themselves. And the 1970s was the first decade of mass colour broadcasting on television. People wanted to put on a good show with everyone in mind. Nowadays they try to pitch awards events at young people. And this "youth fixation" bores even the youth.

    • @gbeesparker2188
      @gbeesparker2188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Well, I hate it when they use their speech to tell everyone their political views !!!!!!

    • @histman3133
      @histman3133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sign543 How can you romanticize your own experiences? I lived through the 90s and to me those were the best times for me because I lived and remember what life was like compared to now. I draw a comparison and see the stark differences between then and now. Same as this person talking about how life was like then and now. Nobody is romanticizing anything here. Wth are you talking about?

    • @nikolatesla5553
      @nikolatesla5553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That is grotesquely unfair. There were both fake and artificial reactions in the 70s as well as genuine reactions today. I have no doubt that Fletcher's remarks were prepared and very possibly rehearsed. Although that doesn't mean she wasn't genuine

  • @NeoArcadiaSWGAT
    @NeoArcadiaSWGAT 8 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Louise deserved it. Her acting was so intense. It's so hard to get really hated...Wonderful performance.

  • @Task1000
    @Task1000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Louise Fletcher; sweet as sugar.
    Nurse Ratched; empty as she could get.

  • @olsenlibra623
    @olsenlibra623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One of the best actresses in film & cinema has gone, but her memory will live on!
    She was great in "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Brainstorm"
    RIP sweet lady.

  • @TheAlex0321
    @TheAlex0321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    That was an incredible performance in the movie and such a class act in the acceptance speech.
    RIP, you are forever in our hearts

  • @onoalerr
    @onoalerr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    Such a cold villain, she represented tyranny and the way she delivered her lines with such gentle but mean way was amazing!! her stae was terrifying, really good performance

    • @Dobiegal
      @Dobiegal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada comes to mind.

  • @Fuzzgun33
    @Fuzzgun33 10 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Even at 10 years old, I thought Nurse Rachett was HOT. On another note, that was about the most sincere and graceful award speeches I have ever heard. Especially when she "signed" to her parents watching. Well done!

    • @inst1g8t0r
      @inst1g8t0r 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I lost it when she signed to her parents

  • @rockysocky
    @rockysocky 10 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    My favorite Oscar moment. Too bad they didn't zoom out in time to get the full sign to her parents. So heartfelt. What an Oscar moment should be!

    • @ChickenGeorgeClooney
      @ChickenGeorgeClooney 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, you could see the gist of it. You saw "my mother, my father, see, my dream, come true."

    • @jessicare5331
      @jessicare5331 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They didn't know she was going to sign and were unprepared.

    • @rockysocky
      @rockysocky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jessicare5331 I know. I’m not blaming them. Just saying it was unfortunate.

    • @jessicare5331
      @jessicare5331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rockysocky it is. Especially at that time

    • @paulgentile1024
      @paulgentile1024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jessicare5331 this is to show you how the Oscars have fallen from incredible artists like this to the Oscar sideshow of 2022

  • @marshaloiscamillephilpotts2133
    @marshaloiscamillephilpotts2133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Rest In Peace to Estelle Louise Fletcher born on July 22, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA and she died on September 23, 2022 in Montdurausse, France in her sleep and she was 88 years old and she had long and successful acting career in both movies and on television and best known for her role as Nurse Mildred Ratched in the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and in 1976 she won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award for Best Actress and Miss Fletcher also had a recurring role as the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn Adami in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993-1999 and she was married to literary agent and producer Jerry Bick in 1960 and they divorced in 1977 and they had 2 sons John Dashiell Bick and Andrew Wilson Bick and Miss Fletcher will be missed by family, friends, colleagues, fans and the World, I love her and she is the best.

  • @clairegloss
    @clairegloss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️

  • @MissLizaMay
    @MissLizaMay 8 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    If you didn't start crying at the end of this speech you have no soul

    • @909lena5
      @909lena5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +MissLizaMay " If you didn't start crying at the end of this speech you have no soul "
      Give it a rest.

    • @vladislovkyzinski3430
      @vladislovkyzinski3430 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did. But then I cry at Broadway shows, so I have to sit way in the balcony.

    • @cokeguts8977
      @cokeguts8977 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lana 2017 Shutup fuckhead

    • @cokeguts8977
      @cokeguts8977 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      MissLizaMay I know, her parents were both deaf so that was *really* sweet. Made me get a lump in my throat.

    • @demondwilson706
      @demondwilson706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Coke Guts , calm down, being deaf isn't as crippling as your making it out to be. Most deaf people live perfectly functioning lives ,your acting like it's a mental illness and insulting people for it

  • @hjarten
    @hjarten 10 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    best acceptance speech ever

  • @syllevineo
    @syllevineo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I cried when she started signing for her parents. I didn't know that they were deaf prior to this but that was just so sweet of her to do that! :)

  • @Jadewizard
    @Jadewizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    RIP Louise Such a unique talent. You will be missed

  • @jasonjackson5696
    @jasonjackson5696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Wow, she’s stunningly beautiful

  • @LPJack02
    @LPJack02 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    RIP Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 - September 23, 2022), aged 88
    You will be remembered as a legend.

  • @KleWdSide
    @KleWdSide 9 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    Damn. Ann looked so mean until the winner was announced.. lol

    • @psychokarloff
      @psychokarloff 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I think she was just unbearably tense and nervous. She had said in an interview a few weeks earlier that she desperately wanted to win, but she suspected Louise would win. Her smile at Louise's name being announced was, I think, just her sterling professionalism and not harboring any sour grapes. Since all winners in these type of competitions are subjective. Ann's place in cinema history is secure, with or without an Oscar.

    • @NMLeopold
      @NMLeopold 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who?

    • @hippydippy
      @hippydippy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most all of them looked pretty mean!

    • @charlesfosterkane1966
      @charlesfosterkane1966 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh please with the Crazy Days and Nights bullshit. This enty whoever admitted many times he LIES, LIES AND LIES. Only whackadoodle, conspiracy nuts click on that shit. Seriously, they talk about the freaking Illuninati! Nuts.

    • @xstanadu
      @xstanadu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mister Sarajevo ANN-MARGRET doesn’t have a mean bone in her beautiful body ~ she was nervous
      It’s obvious ~ she was amazing in
      TOMMY ~ would’ve loved to see
      Her win the Oscar , altho it was a
      Slam dunk for the Mean character
      That Louise Fletcher portrayer brilliantly in One Flew over the cuckoos nest ~
      Oh , and A-M looks gorgeous ( can u
      Tell I’m a fan 😄❤️😍❤️)

  • @particleboy3584
    @particleboy3584 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Seems like yesterday.
    R.I.P. Louise.
    Funny how Isabelle Adjani was, at that time, the baby of the group - only 25 years old and the youngest woman ever to be nominated for Best Actress at that time. Today, Adjani is 67!

  • @carlkamuti
    @carlkamuti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is one of the best Oscar speeches I've seen. She even started signing at the end!
    I certainly hated her in The Cuckoo's Nest, and I love that she loved being hated by us 🤗🤗

  • @rayparsa3069
    @rayparsa3069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    One of the most genuine, intelligent Oscar speeches of all time.

  • @simplystreeptacular
    @simplystreeptacular 14 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Just look at her. Her smile - it transforms her from a pretty woman into a heartstoppingly gorgeous woman. Love you, Louise!

  • @VILJL
    @VILJL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Louise Fletcher was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on July 22, 1934, therefore she is celebrating her 86th birthday today July 22, 2020. .

  • @cremetangerine82
    @cremetangerine82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    R.I.P. Louise Fletcher (July 22, 1934 - September 23, 2022). Her ASL to her deaf parents makes me well up every thing.

  • @ironduke2000
    @ironduke2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    RIP Louise Fletcher with a PS: I think this is the most moving award-acceptance speech ever.

  • @blthetube1
    @blthetube1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    That is one of the oddest group of reactions of have ever seen.

    • @anyalock8
      @anyalock8 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i was thinking the same thing

  • @TayInTheWay
    @TayInTheWay 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I love 70s cinema, right down to the acceptance speeches. This is beautiful.

  • @LoganLavery
    @LoganLavery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I could watch this over and over again. Such a classy lady delivering a very classy acceptance speech. Articulate, straightforward, touching; just sublime. RIP Louise Fletcher…we will miss you XO

    • @preciousone5496
      @preciousone5496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I've watched it a few times now. I always tear up when she starts signing to her parents.

    • @fridaclaxton
      @fridaclaxton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@preciousone5496 Same 🥺

  • @NeilMalthus
    @NeilMalthus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How weird! *Yesterday was National Sign Language Day. Today, the first person to use sign language in an Oscar acceptance speech passed away.* Nurse Ratched, you will be missed!

  • @MrPaulDewdney
    @MrPaulDewdney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Simply the most sincere oscar winning speech ever; so well deserved also

  • @fuzzywzhe
    @fuzzywzhe 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    What a nice gesture for her to sign for her parents.

  • @gs8388
    @gs8388 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    She caught the director off guard when she started signing. He had to pull the camera back a bit so you could see her hands properly.

  • @humanityunleashed
    @humanityunleashed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We indeed loved "hating" you, RIP nurse Rached 😔

  • @sexytyper88
    @sexytyper88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    best gown. gorgeous hair. those eyes. and best acceptance speech ever. ALL CLASS.

    • @RichWeigel
      @RichWeigel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      She was absolutely gorgeous but I had a crush on her in the movie too.

    • @Number4lead
      @Number4lead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Class is something Hollywood is seriously missing now days.

    • @johnalexander-d5d
      @johnalexander-d5d 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RichWeigel now THATS A first!!!!!!

  • @burkesongs
    @burkesongs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    She was an excellent actress. She will be missed!

  • @jyson1050
    @jyson1050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Rest in peace, Louise. One of the most deserving Oscars in my memory. What a performance that was as Nurse Ratched!

  • @83snowgoose
    @83snowgoose 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    The Oscar acceptance speech of all time. A beautiful woman in every way with an aura of love and humility few can achieve.

  • @pattymelt5525
    @pattymelt5525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    RIP LOUISE!!!!

  • @Yerfdog1
    @Yerfdog1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Shit, they all knew who was gonna win it anyway.

    • @Djarra
      @Djarra 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Eddie S They all thought Glenda Jackson would win because there was a video link to London (back then an expense)

  • @bhumphries1360
    @bhumphries1360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Farewell Ms. Fletcher.

  • @OpentheEffinGate
    @OpentheEffinGate ปีที่แล้ว +17

    This has to be the best, and most tasteful and heartfelt academy award acceptance speech of all time. RIP, fantastic woman

  • @AlainHubert
    @AlainHubert 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    @2:20 you can see that Jack Nicholson genuinely feels happy for her.

  • @POObumpoopo
    @POObumpoopo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is one of the greatest Oscar-winner speeches in history. Eloquent, funny, moving, intelligent, and classy. All in a short, succinct little package. Wonderful!

  • @jarredkennedy6131
    @jarredkennedy6131 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I'm willing to go on record as saying this is for me one of the top five female leading performances in movie history.
    And a priceless trivia item: during the shoot, she got so upset about how her male co-stars always got to have fun that one day near the end of filming, to show she wasn't really such a heartless, uptight bitch, she walked around the set in nothing but her panties.

    • @nema1218
      @nema1218 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jarred Kennedy Yes I saw the photo of her on the set. That's interesting.

  • @kandacesayadi1134
    @kandacesayadi1134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    She’s such a beautiful lady 😍

  • @UncleBubba13
    @UncleBubba13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I was watching that night. It was so long ago now that I'd forgot how moving her acceptance "speech" was. God bless you, Louise. Thank you for your dedication to your craft. Rest well, love.

  • @AlexanderArsov
    @AlexanderArsov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Impossible to recognise Nurse Ratched in this gorgeous woman with a lovely smile. That must be great acting all right.

  • @xTheOxx
    @xTheOxx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Beautiful person, totally deserving of the oscar for perfectly executing a perfectly written character.
    Also, it's nice to learn that Carol Kane once embodied all the female characters ever created by Tim Burton.

  • @shihlin1
    @shihlin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    When she signed languaged her speech, it shows she's human after all and melts the hatred against her character.

    • @NorthPhilly-zr7xc
      @NorthPhilly-zr7xc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hated her for her role in flowers in the attics but watching this she is a sweetheart

  • @bartrazin
    @bartrazin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love being hated by you she said. I do not hate you Louise,how can you hate someone who thanks their parents like this! Rest in peace Louise!

  • @frizzinitti1
    @frizzinitti1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    R.I.P, we lost another great one ☝️

  • @gizzykatkat9687
    @gizzykatkat9687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    RIP Louise, I first saw you as April's Grandmother in Two Moon Junction. Which might have been beneath your excellent talent but you made that movie excellent because of it. Thank you, Louise you made my life better from watching you

  • @jukeboxwiz
    @jukeboxwiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    RIP Louise Fletcher. Your iconic role will live forever.

  • @Bageera63
    @Bageera63 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    A toast to Louise Fletcher for making the character, Nurse Ratched, a slang term for mean & evil spirited nurses everywhere!