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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 10, 1919
Place of Birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Lorna Thayer
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Frankie and Johnny | Flower Mart Vendor |
| 1986 | Nothing in Common | Auditioning Grandma |
| 1981 | Buddy Buddy | Lady |
| 1980 | The Aliens Are Coming | Waitress |
| 1979 | Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers | Hospital Receptionist |
| 1976 | Revenge of the Cheerleaders | Lilly Downs |
| 1975 | Smoke In The Wind | Ma Mondier |
| 1974 | It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy | Mrs. Gibbs |
| 1974 | The Family Kovack | Thelma |
| 1974 | Alice Goodbody | Yvonne |
| 1974 | Mrs. Sundance | Fanny Porter |
| 1974 | Rhinoceros | Restaurant Owner |
| 1974 | The Dion Brothers | TV Interviewer (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Weber's mother |
| 1971 | Cisco Pike | Swimming Lady |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces | Waitress |
| 1969 | Dr. Heidegger's Experiment | Widow Wycherly |
| 1968 | The Shakiest Gun in the West | Saloon Girl (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Freckles | Alice Cooper |
| 1958 | Natchez | |
| 1956 | The Women of Pitcairn Island | Mortua |
| 1955 | The Beast with a Million Eyes | Carol Kelley |
| 1955 | Women's Prison | |
| 1953 | Jennifer | Molly |
| 1952 | The Lusty Men | Grace Burgess |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | CHiPs | |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas | |
| 1966 | That Girl | |
| 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Mrs. Haig |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Belle Bronson |
| 1959 | The Detectives | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Belle |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | |
| 1954 | Medic | Lorraine Lockwood |
| 1953 | I Led Three Lives | |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Christine Markham |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Miss Holmes |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Irene Williams |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Liza |