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Actor
Lorna Thayer
- Born March 10, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died June 4, 2005
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.
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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
The Andromeda Strain1971
Frankie and Johnny1991
Five Easy Pieces1970
CHiPs1977
Nothing in Common1986
Buddy Buddy1981
The Dick Van Dyke Show1961
The Lusty Men1952
Filmography
- 1991Frankie and JohnnyFilmFlower Mart Vendor
- 1986Nothing in CommonFilmAuditioning Grandma
- 1981Buddy BuddyFilmLady
- 1980The Aliens Are ComingFilmWaitress
- 1979Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady TruckersFilmHospital Receptionist
- 1977CHiPsSeries
- 1976Revenge of the CheerleadersFilmLilly Downs
- 1975Smoke In The WindFilmMa Mondier
- 1974RhinocerosFilmRestaurant Owner
- 1974Alice GoodbodyFilmYvonne
- 1974The Dion BrothersFilmTV Interviewer (uncredited)
- 1974It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyFilmMrs. Gibbs
- 1974The Family KovackFilmThelma
- 1974Mrs. SundanceFilmFanny Porter
- 1972SkyjackedFilmWeber's mother
- 1972Cisco PikeFilmSwimming Lady
- 1971The Andromeda StrainFilmWoman (uncredited)
- 1970Five Easy PiecesFilmWaitress
- 1969Dr. Heidegger's ExperimentFilmWidow Wycherly
- 1968The Shakiest Gun in the WestFilmSaloon Girl (uncredited)
- 1967Garrison's GorillasSeries
- 1966That GirlSeries
- 1961The Dick Van Dyke ShowSeries
- 196187th PrecinctSeries
- 1960The Tall ManSeries
- 1960FrecklesFilmAlice Cooper
- 1959The DetectivesSeries
- 1959Johnny RingoSeriesMrs. Haig
- 1959Black SaddleSeriesBelle Bronson
- 1958NatchezFilmBelle
- 1957Have Gun, Will TravelSeries
- 1956Playhouse 90SeriesBelle
- 1956The Adventures of Jim BowieSeriesMrs. Williams
- 1956The Women of Pitcairn IslandFilmMortua
- 1955The Beast with a Million EyesFilmCarol Kelley
- 1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries
- 1955Women's PrisonFilm
- 1954The Adventures of Rin Tin TinSeries
- 1954MedicSeriesLorraine Lockwood
- 1953JenniferFilmMolly
- 1953Letter to LorettaSeriesChristine Markham
- 1953I Led Three LivesSeries
- 1952The Lusty MenFilmGrace Burgess
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaSeriesMiss Holmes
- 1951DragnetSeries
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeriesIrene Williams
- 1951Boston BlackieSeries
- 1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesLiza