Lorna Thayer
Acting
Born: 1919-03-10 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known For
Dragnet
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
That Girl
87th Precinct
Playhouse 90
Belle
The Detectives
Garrison's Gorillas
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
I Led Three Lives
CHiPs
The Tall Man
Black Saddle
Belle Bronson
Boston Blackie
Cavalcade of America
Miss Holmes
Johnny Ringo
Mrs. Haig
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Frankie and Johnny
Flower Mart Vendor
Medic
Lorraine Lockwood
The Andromeda Strain
Woman (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta
Christine Markham
Buddy Buddy
Lady
Five Easy Pieces
Waitress
Nothing in Common
Auditioning Grandma
The Aliens Are Coming
Waitress
The Lusty Men
Grace Burgess
Skyjacked
Weber's mother
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Irene Williams
Alice Goodbody
Yvonne
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Hospital Receptionist
Cisco Pike
Swimming Lady
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Lilly Downs
Mrs. Sundance
Fanny Porter
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Carol Kelley
Women's Prison
Rhinoceros
Restaurant Owner
The Family Kovack
Thelma