Lorna Thayer
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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
Credits
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
as Woman (uncredited)
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
as Flower Mart Vendor
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
as Waitress
Nothing in Common (1986)
as Auditioning Grandma
Buddy Buddy (1981)
as Lady
The Lusty Men (1952)
as Grace Burgess
Cisco Pike (1972)
as Swimming Lady
Rhinoceros (1974)
as Restaurant Owner
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers (1979)
as Hospital Receptionist
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
as Carol Kelley
Skyjacked (1972)
as Weber's mother
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (1969)
as Widow Wycherly
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974)
as Mrs. Gibbs
Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976)
as Lilly Downs
Freckles (1960)
as Alice Cooper
Mrs. Sundance (1974)
as Fanny Porter
The Aliens Are Coming (1980)
as Waitress
Jennifer (1953)
as Molly
Alice Goodbody (1974)
as Yvonne
The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956)
as Mortua
The Dion Brothers (1974)
as TV Interviewer (uncredited)
Women's Prison (1955)
Actor
Smoke In The Wind (1975)
as Ma Mondier
The Family Kovack (1974)
as Thelma
Natchez (1958)
as Belle