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(48)
movieFrankie and Johnny
as Flower Mart Vendor · 1991 · 6.8
movieNothing in Common
as Auditioning Grandma · 1986 · 5.9
movieBuddy Buddy
as Lady · 1981 · 6.2
movieThe Aliens Are Coming
as Waitress · 1980 · 4.4
movieFlatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
as Hospital Receptionist · 1979 · 5.3
tvCHiPs
as · 1977 · 6.9
movieRevenge of the Cheerleaders
as Lilly Downs · 1976 · 4.4
movieSmoke In The Wind
as Ma Mondier · 1975 · 7.5
movieAlice Goodbody
as Yvonne · 1974 · 4.6
movieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
as Mrs. Gibbs · 1974 · 1.0
movieThe Dion Brothers
as TV Interviewer (uncredited) · 1974 · 5.5
movieThe Family Kovack
as Thelma · 1974 · 5.0
movieRhinoceros
as Restaurant Owner · 1974 · 5.6
movieMrs. Sundance
as Fanny Porter · 1974 · 7.7
movieSkyjacked
as Weber's mother · 1972 · 6.2
movieCisco Pike
as Swimming Lady · 1972 · 5.7
movieThe Andromeda Strain
as Woman (uncredited) · 1971 · 7.0
movieFive Easy Pieces
as Waitress · 1970 · 7.1
movieDr. Heidegger's Experiment
as Widow Wycherly · 1969 · 0.0
movieThe Shakiest Gun in the West
as Saloon Girl (uncredited) · 1968 · 6.2
tvGarrison's Gorillas
as · 1967 · 8.1
tvThat Girl
as · 1966 · 6.2
tvThe Dick Van Dyke Show
as · 1961 · 7.6
tv87th Precinct
as · 1961 · 7.8