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Lorna Thayer

Lorna Thayer

Actor · Born 1919-03-10 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Andromeda Strain (1971) — Woman (uncredited)
  2. Frankie and Johnny (1991) — Flower Mart Vendor
  3. Five Easy Pieces (1970) — Waitress
  4. CHiPs (1977)
  5. Nothing in Common (1986) — Auditioning Grandma
  6. Buddy Buddy (1981) — Lady
  7. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
  8. The Lusty Men (1952) — Grace Burgess
  9. Skyjacked (1972) — Weber's mother
  10. The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) — Saloon Girl (uncredited)
  11. Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
  12. Cisco Pike (1972) — Swimming Lady
  13. The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955) — Carol Kelley
  14. Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976) — Lilly Downs
  15. That Girl (1966)
  16. Dragnet (1951)
  17. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
  18. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
  19. Women's Prison (1955)
  20. Rhinoceros (1974) — Restaurant Owner
  21. Jennifer (1953) — Molly
  22. Alice Goodbody (1974) — Yvonne
  23. The Dion Brothers (1974) — TV Interviewer (uncredited)
  24. The Detectives (1959)
  25. Playhouse 90 (1956) — Belle
  26. Garrison's Gorillas (1967)
  27. The Aliens Are Coming (1980) — Waitress
  28. Johnny Ringo (1959) — Mrs. Haig
  29. The Tall Man (1960)
  30. Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Liza
  31. Medic (1954) — Lorraine Lockwood
  32. Letter to Loretta (1953) — Christine Markham
  33. Freckles (1960) — Alice Cooper
  34. The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
  35. The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956) — Mortua
  36. 87th Precinct (1961)
  37. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) — Irene Williams
  38. Black Saddle (1959) — Belle Bronson
  39. Cavalcade of America (1952) — Miss Holmes
  40. Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers (1979) — Hospital Receptionist