Lorna Thayer
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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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Acting
Movie
The Andromeda Strain
as Woman (uncredited)
1971
Movie
Frankie and Johnny
as Flower Mart Vendor
1991
Movie
Five Easy Pieces
as Waitress
1970
TV
CHiPs
1977
Movie
Nothing in Common
as Auditioning Grandma
1986
Movie
Buddy Buddy
as Lady
1981
TV
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Movie
The Lusty Men
as Grace Burgess
1952
Movie
Skyjacked
as Weber's mother
1972
Movie
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
1968
TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Movie
Cisco Pike
as Swimming Lady
1972
Movie
The Beast with a Million Eyes
as Carol Kelley
1955
Movie
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
as Lilly Downs
1976
TV
That Girl
1966
TV
Dragnet
1951
TV
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
TV
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Movie
Women's Prison
1955
Movie
Rhinoceros
as Restaurant Owner
1974
Movie
Jennifer
as Molly
1953
Movie
Alice Goodbody
as Yvonne
1974
Movie
The Dion Brothers
as TV Interviewer (uncredited)
1974
TV
The Detectives
1959