Lorna Thayer
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: March 10, 1919
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Flower Mart Vendor
as Auditioning Grandma
as Lady
as Waitress
as Hospital Receptionist
as Lilly Downs
as Ma Mondier
as Yvonne
as Mrs. Gibbs
as TV Interviewer (uncredited)
as Thelma
as Restaurant Owner
as Fanny Porter
as Weber's mother
as Swimming Lady
as Woman (uncredited)
as Waitress
as Widow Wycherly
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
as Alice Cooper
as Mrs. Haig
as Belle Bronson
as Mortua
as Belle
as Carol Kelley
as Lorraine Lockwood
as Molly
as Christine Markham
as Grace Burgess
as Miss Holmes
as Irene Williams