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Lorna Thayer

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Five Easy Pieces
MOVIE

Five Easy Pieces

7.1(0.6K)
Five Easy Pieces
Waitress
Poster for The Beast with a Million Eyes
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The Beast with a Million Eyes

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The Beast with a Million Eyes
Carol Kelley
Poster for Nothing in Common
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Nothing in Common

5.9(0.1K)
Nothing in Common
Auditioning Grandma
Poster for The Lusty Men
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The Lusty Men

6.7(0.1K)
The Lusty Men
Grace Burgess
Poster for Buddy Buddy
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Buddy Buddy

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Buddy Buddy
Lady
Poster for Frankie and Johnny
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Frankie and Johnny

6.8(0.6K)
Frankie and Johnny
Flower Mart Vendor
Poster for Skyjacked
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Skyjacked

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Skyjacked
Weber's mother
Poster for Natchez
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Natchez

Natchez
Belle
Poster for It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
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It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

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It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Mrs. Gibbs
Poster for Freckles
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Freckles

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Freckles
Alice Cooper

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Lorna Thayer portrait