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Year: 1975 (48th) Academy Awards

Category: Actress

Film Title: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Winner: Louise Fletcher

Presenter: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland

Date & Venue: March 29, 1976; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion


LOUISE FLETCHER:
Well, it looks like you all hated me so much that you've given me this award for it, and I'm loving every minute of it. And all I can say is I've loved being hated by you. I'd like to thank Fred Roos for remembering me, Milos Forman for choosing me, Michael Douglas and Saul Zaentz for taking a chance and giving me a chance, and Jack Nicholson and a cast of actors whose professionalism, humor and capacity for getting into their roles made being in a mental institution like being in a mental institution. And if you'll excuse me [using sign language]: for my mother and my father, I want to say thank you for teaching me to have a dream. You are seeing my dream come true. Thank you.

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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]

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