- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 10, 1919
- Place of Birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- June 4, 2005
Lorna Thayer
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…
Filmography
movieFrankie and Johnny
1991 · Flower Mart Vendor
movieNothing in Common
1986 · Auditioning Grandma
movieBuddy Buddy
1981 · Lady
movieThe Aliens Are Coming
1980 · Waitress
movieFlatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 · Hospital Receptionist
tvCHiPs
1977
movieRevenge of the Cheerleaders
1976 · Lilly Downs
movieSmoke In The Wind
1975 · Ma Mondier
movieAlice Goodbody
1974 · Yvonne
movieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974 · Mrs. Gibbs
movieThe Dion Brothers
1974 · TV Interviewer (uncredited)
movieThe Family Kovack
1974 · Thelma
movieRhinoceros
1974 · Restaurant Owner
movieMrs. Sundance
1974 · Fanny Porter
movieSkyjacked
1972 · Weber's mother
movieCisco Pike
1972 · Swimming Lady
movieThe Andromeda Strain
1971 · Woman (uncredited)
movieFive Easy Pieces
1970 · Waitress
movieDr. Heidegger's Experiment
1969 · Widow Wycherly
movieThe Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Saloon Girl (uncredited)
tvGarrison's Gorillas
1967
tvThat Girl
1966
tvThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
tv87th Precinct
1961
movieFreckles
1960 · Alice Cooper
tvThe Tall Man
1960
tvThe Detectives
1959
tvJohnny Ringo
1959 · Mrs. Haig
tvBlack Saddle
1959 · Belle Bronson
movieNatchez
1958 · Belle
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
movieThe Women of Pitcairn Island
1956 · Mortua
tvPlayhouse 90
1956 · Belle
tvThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
tvThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
movieThe Beast with a Million Eyes
1955 · Carol Kelley
movieWomen's Prison
1955
tvThe Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
tvMedic
1954 · Lorraine Lockwood
movieJennifer
1953 · Molly
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Christine Markham
tvI Led Three Lives
1953
movieThe Lusty Men
1952 · Grace Burgess
tvCavalcade of America
1952 · Miss Holmes
tvDragnet
1951
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Irene Williams
tvBoston Blackie
1951
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Liza