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TIL actress Louise Fletcher, who won an Oscar for Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and played Kai Winn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was born to parents who were both deaf. She was taught to speak by a hearing aunt, who also introduced her to acting.

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