Who Played Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Nurse Ratched is a role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest that opened Broadway in 2001.

A hit novel that became a hit play that became a hit film! Jack Nicholson played the leading role of McMurphy in the movie as a charming rogue who pleads insanity to get out of his latest prison sentence. Unfortunately, his plan backfires and he is sent to a mental institution where he clashes head on with a fierce disciplinarian by the name of Nurse Ratched. McMurphy and Ratched compete for the hearts and minds of the other patients in a power struggle of wits and charisma versus smarts and tyranny. He leads his fellow patients out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the World Series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party with liquor and loose women. The play stands as one of the finest dramatic and heart-wrenching scripts in modern theatre and culminates in both a shocking yet somehow sweet ending. (Contains some adult language)

4 actors have played Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Joan Tetzel	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1963
Amy Morton	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Jeanine Morick	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Olivia Williams	West End One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2026

Other Roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Role	Production	Opened
Aide Turkle	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Aide Warren	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Aide Williams	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Billy Bibbit	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Candy Starr	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Cheswick	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Chief Bromden	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Colonel Matterson	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Dale Harding	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Dr. Spivey	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Martini	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Nurse Flinn	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Nurse Ratched	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Patient #1	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Patient #2	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Randle P. McMurphy	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Ruckly	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Sandra	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Scanlon	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Technician #1	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001
Technician #2	Broadway One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	2001

“Nurse Ratched” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Off-Broadway	1971

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