Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Born March 10, 1919
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.
MovieFrankie and Johnny
1991
as Flower Mart Vendor
MovieNothing in Common
1986
as Auditioning Grandma
MovieBuddy Buddy
1981
as Lady
MovieThe Aliens Are Coming
1980
as Waitress
MovieFlatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
as Hospital Receptionist
TVCHiPs
1977
MovieRevenge of the Cheerleaders
1976
as Lilly Downs
MovieSmoke In The Wind
1975
as Ma Mondier
MovieAlice Goodbody
1974
as Yvonne
MovieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
as Mrs. Gibbs
MovieThe Dion Brothers
1974
as TV Interviewer (uncredited)
MovieThe Family Kovack
1974
as Thelma
MovieRhinoceros
1974
as Restaurant Owner
MovieMrs. Sundance
1974
as Fanny Porter
MovieSkyjacked
1972
as Weber's mother
MovieCisco Pike
1972
as Swimming Lady
MovieThe Andromeda Strain
1971
as Woman (uncredited)
MovieFive Easy Pieces
1970
as Waitress
MovieDr. Heidegger's Experiment
1969
as Widow Wycherly
MovieThe Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
TVGarrison's Gorillas
1967
TVThat Girl
1966
TVThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
TV87th Precinct
1961
MovieFreckles
1960
as Alice Cooper
TVThe Tall Man
1960
TVThe Detectives
1959
TVJohnny Ringo
1959
as Mrs. Haig
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Belle Bronson
MovieNatchez
1958
as Belle
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieThe Women of Pitcairn Island
1956
as Mortua
TVPlayhouse 90
1956
as Belle
TVThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
TVThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
MovieThe Beast with a Million Eyes
1955
as Carol Kelley
MovieWomen's Prison
1955
TVThe Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
TVMedic
1954
as Lorraine Lockwood
MovieJennifer
1953
as Molly
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Christine Markham
TVI Led Three Lives
1953
MovieThe Lusty Men
1952
as Grace Burgess
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Miss Holmes
TVDragnet
1951
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Irene Williams
TVBoston Blackie
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Liza
