Lorna Thayer
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lorna Thayer (10 March 1919 - June 4, 2005) was an American character actress. Thayer was born in Boston, the daughter of silent screen actress Louise Gibney. She appeared often in theatre and on television. In 1955 she played in The Beast with a Million Eyes with Paul Birch. She played minor roles in the films The Lusty Men, Texas City and Frankie and Johnny. It was her role in the iconic 1970 film Five Easy Pieces as the waitress who refuses to allow Jack Nicholson's character to order a side of wheat toast that she is most likely to be remembered for and identified with. The scene has come to be known as the "chicken salad scene". She died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Retirement Home in Woodland Hills, California aged 86, after battling Alzheimer's disease for five years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorna Thayer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieFrankie and Johnny
1991
Flower Mart Vendor
movieNothing in Common
1986
Auditioning Grandma
movieThe Aliens Are Coming
1980
Waitress
movieFlatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
Hospital Receptionist
movieRevenge of the Cheerleaders
1976
Lilly Downs
movieSmoke In The Wind
1975
Ma Mondier
movieAlice Goodbody
1974
Yvonne
movieThe Dion Brothers
1974
TV Interviewer (uncredited)
movieRhinoceros
1974
Restaurant Owner
movieMrs. Sundance
1974
Fanny Porter
movieSkyjacked
1972
Weber's mother
movieCisco Pike
1972
Swimming Lady
movieThe Andromeda Strain
1971
Woman (uncredited)
movieFive Easy Pieces
1970
Waitress
movieDr. Heidegger's Experiment
1969
Widow Wycherly
movieThe Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
movieFreckles
1960
Alice Cooper
tvJohnny Ringo
1959
Mrs. Haig
tvBlack Saddle
1959
Belle Bronson
movieNatchez
1958
Belle
tvPlayhouse 90
1956
Belle
movieThe Beast with a Million Eyes
1955
Carol Kelley
tvMedic
1954
Lorraine Lockwood
movieJennifer
1953
Molly
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Christine Markham
movieThe Lusty Men
1952
Grace Burgess
tvCavalcade of America
1952
Miss Holmes
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Irene Williams
