Lorna Thayer
Acting
1919-03-10 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Filmography
Frankie and Johnny
1991 · Movie
Nothing in Common
1986 · Movie
Buddy Buddy
1981 · Movie
The Aliens Are Coming
1980 · Movie
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 · Movie
CHiPs
1977 · Series
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
1976 · Movie
Smoke In The Wind
1975 · Movie
Alice Goodbody
1974 · Movie
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974 · Movie
The Dion Brothers
1974 · Movie
The Family Kovack
1974 · Movie
Rhinoceros
1974 · Movie
Mrs. Sundance
1974 · Movie
Skyjacked
1972 · Movie
Cisco Pike
1972 · Movie
The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Movie
Five Easy Pieces
1970 · Movie
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
1969 · Movie
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Movie
Garrison's Gorillas
1967 · Series
That Girl
1966 · Series
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Series
87th Precinct
1961 · Series
Freckles
1960 · Movie
The Tall Man
1960 · Series
The Detectives
1959 · Series
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Series
Black Saddle
1959 · Series
Natchez
1958 · Movie
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956 · Movie
Playhouse 90
1956 · Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series
The Beast with a Million Eyes
1955 · Movie
Women's Prison
1955 · Movie
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954 · Series
Medic
1954 · Series
Jennifer
1953 · Movie
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Series
I Led Three Lives
1953 · Series
The Lusty Men
1952 · Movie
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Dragnet
1951 · Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Boston Blackie
1951 · Series
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series