Lorna Thayer

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.

Most Known For

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Have Gun, Will Travel

Dragnet

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Detectives

That Girl

Black Saddle

as Belle Bronson

Johnny Ringo

as Mrs. Haig

CHiPs

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

87th Precinct

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Garrison's Gorillas

Boston Blackie

The Tall Man

Playhouse 90

as Belle

I Led Three Lives

Lux Video Theatre

as Liza

Cavalcade of America

as Miss Holmes

The Andromeda Strain

as Woman (uncredited)