
Lorna Thayer
Born: 1919-03-10
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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

Garrison's Gorillas
1967

I Led Three Lives
1953

87th Precinct
1961

Mrs. Sundance
1974

Playhouse 90
1956

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961

Smoke In The Wind
1975

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Five Easy Pieces
1970

The Andromeda Strain
1971

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954

CHiPs
1977

The Tall Man
1960

Frankie and Johnny
1991

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

The Lusty Men
1952