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.
Filmography (48 titles)
6.8MovieFrankie and Johnny
Flower Mart Vendor · 1991
5.9MovieNothing in Common
Auditioning Grandma · 1986
6.2MovieBuddy Buddy
Lady · 1981
4.4MovieThe Aliens Are Coming
Waitress · 1980
5.2MovieFlatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Hospital Receptionist · 1979
6.8ShowCHiPs
1977
4.4MovieRevenge of the Cheerleaders
Lilly Downs · 1976
7.5MovieSmoke In The Wind
Ma Mondier · 1975
4.6MovieAlice Goodbody
Yvonne · 1974
1.0MovieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Mrs. Gibbs · 1974
5.5MovieThe Dion Brothers
TV Interviewer (uncredited) · 1974
5.0MovieThe Family Kovack
Thelma · 1974
5.6MovieRhinoceros
Restaurant Owner · 1974
7.7MovieMrs. Sundance
Fanny Porter · 1974
6.2MovieSkyjacked
Weber's mother · 1972
5.7MovieCisco Pike
Swimming Lady · 1972
7.1MovieThe Andromeda Strain
Woman (uncredited) · 1971
7.1MovieFive Easy Pieces
Waitress · 1970
MovieDr. Heidegger's Experiment
Widow Wycherly · 1969
6.2MovieThe Shakiest Gun in the West
Saloon Girl (uncredited) · 1968
8.1ShowGarrison's Gorillas
1967
6.2ShowThat Girl
1966
7.6ShowThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
7.8Show87th Precinct
1961
5.3MovieFreckles
Alice Cooper · 1960
6.9ShowThe Tall Man
1960
6.7ShowThe Detectives
1959
5.9ShowJohnny Ringo
Mrs. Haig · 1959
6.2ShowBlack Saddle
Belle Bronson · 1959
MovieNatchez
Belle · 1958