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Lorna Thayer‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1919-03-10

Popularity

star1.7

Lorna Thayer

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Lorna Thayer

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1919-03-10

Popularity

star1.7

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.

Movie Credits

Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces‌
star7.1
calendar 1970

The Beast with a Million Eyes

The Beast with a Million Eyes‌
star3.7
calendar 1955

Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common‌
star5.8
calendar 1986

The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men‌
star6.6
calendar 1952

Buddy Buddy

Buddy Buddy‌
star6.2
calendar 1981

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny‌
star6.7
calendar 1991

Skyjacked

Skyjacked‌
star6.2
calendar 1972

Natchez

Natchez‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy‌
star1.0
calendar 1974

Freckles

Freckles‌
star4.6
calendar 1960

The Women of Pitcairn Island

The Women of Pitcairn Island‌
star3.5
calendar 1956

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Jennifer

Jennifer‌
star5.6
calendar 1953

The Family Kovack

The Family Kovack‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

The Aliens Are Coming

The Aliens Are Coming‌
star3.9
calendar 1980

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers‌
star5.0
calendar 1979

Alice Goodbody

Alice Goodbody‌
star4.6
calendar 1974

Revenge of the Cheerleaders

Revenge of the Cheerleaders‌
star4.6
calendar 1976

The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

Mrs. Sundance

Mrs. Sundance‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

Smoke In The Wind

Smoke In The Wind‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros‌
star5.4
calendar 1974

Cisco Pike

Cisco Pike‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

Women's Prison

Women's Prison‌
star5.5
calendar 1955

Tv Credits

CHiPs

CHiPs‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

Garrison's Gorillas

Garrison's Gorillas‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1961

That Girl

That Girl‌
star6.1
calendar 1966

Dragnet

Dragnet‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Tall Man

The Tall Man‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

87th Precinct

87th Precinct‌
star7.5
calendar 1961

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

I Led Three Lives

I Led Three Lives‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin‌
star6.9
calendar 1954

Medic

Medic‌
star5.6
calendar 1954

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie‌
star3.7
calendar 1956

Black Saddle

Black Saddle‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

The Detectives

The Detectives‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

The Adventures of Boston Blackie

The Adventures of Boston Blackie‌
star4.0
calendar 1951

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90‌
star7.4
calendar 1956