Lorna Thayer
Actor
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Frankie and Johnny
as Flower Mart Vendor 1991
Five Easy Pieces
as Waitress 1970
Nothing in Common
as Auditioning Grandma 1986
Buddy Buddy
as Lady 1981
The Lusty Men
as Grace Burgess 1952
Skyjacked
as Weber's mother 1972
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Saloon Girl (uncredited) 1968
The Beast with a Million Eyes
as Carol Kelley 1955
Cisco Pike
as Swimming Lady 1971
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
as Lilly Downs 1976
Women's Prison
1955
Jennifer
as Molly 1953
Alice Goodbody
as Yvonne 1974
Rhinoceros
as Restaurant Owner 1974
The Dion Brothers
as TV Interviewer (uncredited) 1974
The Aliens Are Coming
as Waitress 1980