Lorna Thayer

Lorna Thayer

Acting
Born 1919-03-10 Died 2005-06-04 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 48 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Acting 33 credits
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
1956 · Belle
Black Saddle
Black Saddle
1959 · Belle Bronson
Johnny Ringo
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Mrs. Haig
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Miss Holmes
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Liza
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain
1971 · ★ 7.1 · Woman (uncredited)
Frankie and Johnny
Frankie and Johnny
1991 · ★ 6.8 · Flower Mart Vendor
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces
1970 · ★ 7.1 · Waitress
Medic
Medic
1954 · Lorraine Lockwood
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Christine Markham
Buddy Buddy
Buddy Buddy
1981 · ★ 6.1 · Lady
The Lusty Men
The Lusty Men
1952 · ★ 6.7 · Grace Burgess
Nothing in Common
Nothing in Common
1986 · ★ 5.9 · Auditioning Grandma
Skyjacked
Skyjacked
1972 · ★ 6.2 · Weber's mother
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Irene Williams
Cisco Pike
Cisco Pike
1972 · Swimming Lady
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · ★ 6.2 · Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
1976 · Lilly Downs
Alice Goodbody
Alice Goodbody
1974 · Yvonne
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 · Hospital Receptionist
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
1974 · Restaurant Owner
The Beast with a Million Eyes
The Beast with a Million Eyes
1955 · Carol Kelley
The Aliens Are Coming
The Aliens Are Coming
1980 · Waitress
Mrs. Sundance
Mrs. Sundance
1974 · Fanny Porter
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974 · Mrs. Gibbs
The Women of Pitcairn Island
The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956 · Mortua
The Dion Brothers
The Dion Brothers
1974 · TV Interviewer (uncredited)
Jennifer
Jennifer
1953 · Molly
Freckles
Freckles
1960 · Alice Cooper
Smoke In The Wind
Smoke In The Wind
1975 · Ma Mondier
Natchez
Natchez
1958 · Belle
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
1969 · Widow Wycherly
The Family Kovack
The Family Kovack
1974 · Thelma
Other credits 15 credits
Dragnet
Dragnet
1951
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · ★ 7.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
That Girl
That Girl
1966
The Detectives
The Detectives
1959
CHiPs
CHiPs
1977 · ★ 6.8
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Tall Man
The Tall Man
1960
87th Precinct
87th Precinct
1961
Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie
1951
Garrison's Gorillas
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
I Led Three Lives
I Led Three Lives
1953
Women's Prison
Women's Prison
1955
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