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, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1919-03-10

Died: 2005-06-04

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	The Lusty Men	Grace Burgess	66
2	1953	Jennifer	Molly	57
3	1955	Women's Prison		57
4	1955	The Beast with a Million Eyes	Carol Kelley	37
5	1956	The Women of Pitcairn Island	Mortua	35
6	1958	Natchez		0
7	1960	Freckles	Alice Cooper	46
8	1968	The Shakiest Gun in the West	Saloon Girl (uncredited)	62
9	1969	Dr. Heidegger's Experiment	Widow Wycherly	0
10	1970	Five Easy Pieces	Waitress	71
11	1972	Cisco Pike	Swimming Lady	57
12	1972	Skyjacked	Weber's mother	62
13	1974	Mrs. Sundance	Fanny Porter	75
14	1974	Rhinoceros	Restaurant Owner	54
15	1974	The Family Kovack	Thelma	0
16	1974	It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy	Mrs. Gibbs	10
17	1974	Alice Goodbody	Yvonne	44
18	1975	Smoke In The Wind	Ma Mondier	60
19	1976	Revenge of the Cheerleaders	Lilly Downs	45
20	1979	Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers	Hospital Receptionist	50
21	1980	The Aliens Are Coming	Waitress	39
22	1981	Buddy Buddy	Lady	62
23	1986	Nothing in Common	Auditioning Grandma	58
24	1991	Frankie and Johnny	Flower Mart Vendor	68

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Liza	60
2	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie		40
3	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Irene Williams	70
4	1951	Dragnet		64
5	1952	Cavalcade of America	Miss Holmes	35
6	1953	I Led Three Lives		0
7	1953	Letter to Loretta	Christine Markham	62
8	1954	Medic	Lorraine Lockwood	57
9	1954	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin		69
10	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		66
11	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		37
12	1956	Playhouse 90	Belle	75
13	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
14	1959	Black Saddle	Belle Bronson	60
15	1959	Johnny Ringo	Mrs. Haig	57
16	1959	The Detectives		56
17	1960	The Tall Man		63
18	1961	87th Precinct		75
19	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show		74
20	1966	That Girl		62
21	1967	Garrison's Gorillas		78
22	1977	CHiPs		68