Lorna Thayer

Lorna Thayer

Acting
Born 1919-03-10 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.3
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...
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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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The Dick Van Dyke Show poster
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961-10-03
87th Precinct poster
87th Precinct
1961-09-25
The Detectives poster
The Detectives
1959-10-16
Johnny Ringo poster
Johnny Ringo
as Mrs. Haig
1959-10-02
Black Saddle poster
Black Saddle
as Belle Bronson
1959-01-10
Have Gun, Will Travel poster
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

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