Lorna Thayer
Born
March 10, 1919
Died
June 4, 2005 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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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.
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Frankie and Johnny
Flower Mart Vendor
1991
Nothing in Common
Auditioning Grandma
1986
Buddy Buddy
Lady
1981
The Aliens Are Coming
Waitress
1980
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Hospital Receptionist
1979
CHiPs
(1 episode)
1977
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Lilly Downs
1976
Smoke In The Wind
Ma Mondier
1975
Alice Goodbody
Yvonne
1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Mrs. Gibbs
1974
The Dion Brothers
TV Interviewer (uncredited)
1974
The Family Kovack
Thelma
1974
Rhinoceros
Restaurant Owner
1974
Mrs. Sundance
Fanny Porter
1974
Skyjacked
Weber's mother
1972
Cisco Pike
Swimming Lady
1971
Five Easy Pieces
Waitress
1970
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Widow Wycherly
1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
1968
Garrison's Gorillas
(1 episode)
1967
That Girl
(1 episode)
1966
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(1 episode)
1961
87th Precinct
(1 episode)
1961
Freckles
Alice Cooper
1960
The Tall Man
(1 episode)
1960
The Detectives
(1 episode)
1959
Johnny Ringo
Mrs. Haig · (1 episode)
1959
Black Saddle
Belle Bronson · (1 episode)
1959
Natchez
1958
Have Gun, Will Travel
(4 episodes)
1957
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Mortua
1956
Playhouse 90
Belle · (1 episode)
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
(4 episodes)
1956
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(2 episodes)
1955
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Carol Kelley
1955
Women's Prison
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
(1 episode)
1954
Medic
Lorraine Lockwood · (1 episode)
1954
Jennifer
Molly
1953
Letter to Loretta
Christine Markham · (1 episode)
1953
I Led Three Lives
(1 episode)
1953
The Lusty Men
Grace Burgess
1952
Cavalcade of America
Miss Holmes · (1 episode)
1952
Dragnet
(2 episodes)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Irene Williams · (1 episode)
1951
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
(1 episode)
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Liza · (1 episode)
1950