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Lorna Thayer

Actor
Born March 10, 1919Died June 4, 2005 (86 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Dick Van Dyke Show
  • Bonanza
  • The Lusty Men
  • That Girl
  • The Shakiest Gun in the West
  • Dragnet (1951)
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  • Death Valley Days
  • Revenge of the Cheerleaders
  • The Rebel
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie
  • The Californians

Known For

  • The Beast with a Million Eyes
  • The Lusty Men
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie
  • Mrs. Sundance
  • Medic
  • Freckles
  • Smoke in the Wind

Filmography

1991
Frankie and Johnny · as Flower Mart Vendor
1986
Nothing in Common · as Auditioning Grandma
1984
Rituals (TV Series) · as Katherine Chapin
1981
Buddy Buddy · as Lady
1980
The Aliens Are Coming · as Waitress
1979
The Suicide's Wife · as Therese Harrington
1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers · as Hospital Receptionist
1978
The Next Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Miss Argus
1977
CHiPs (TV Series)
1976
America at the Movies · as Waitress
1976
1975
Smoke in the Wind · as Ma Mondier
1974
Alice Goodbody · as Yvonne
1974
1974
The Dion Brothers · as Tv Interviewer (uncredited)
1974
Rhinoceros · as Restaurant Owner
1974
Mrs. Sundance · as Fanny Porter
1972
Skyjacked · as Weber's Mother
1972
Glass Houses · as Woman Smoking In Pool
1971
Cisco Pike · as Swimming Lady
1971
1970
Night Chase · as Cast
1970
1970
Five Easy Pieces · as Waitress
1969
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment · as Widow Wycherly
1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West · as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
1968
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Female Warden
1967
1966
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round · as Passenger On Mexico Flight
1966
That Girl (TV Series)
1963
Police Nurse · as Cast
1963
General Hospital (TV Series) · as Charlotte Hepworth
1961
1961
87th Precinct (TV Series)
1961
Follow The Sun (TV Series) · as Lorna Handsin Wymond
1960
Freckles · as Alice Cooper
1960
The Tall Man (TV Series)
1959
1959
The Rebel (TV Series) · as Amanda Tarrington
1959
Johnny Ringo (TV Series) · as Mrs. Haig
1959
The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV Series) · as Ernestine Dix
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Mama Hackett
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Connie Laverne
1959
Black Saddle (TV Series) · as Belle Bronson
1958
I Want to Live! · as Corona Guard
1957
The Court of Last Resort (TV Series) · as Beth
1957
The Californians (TV Series) · as Millicent Hicks
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Ethel Archer
1957
1957
O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) · as Martella Garvey
1956
1956
West Point (TV Series) · as Mrs. Henderson
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Belle
1956
Circus Boy (TV Series) · as Zelda
1956
1956
I've Lived Before · as Mrs. Fred Bolan
1955
1955
The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Nurse Ann
1955
1955
1955
Soldiers of Fortune (TV Series) · as Kirstin Winslow
1955
The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hanson
1954
1954
Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Margaret Winterton
1954
Medic (TV Series) · as Lorraine Lockwood
1954
Captain Midnight (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kingsley
1954
The Lone Wolf (TV Series) · as Babe
1954
Public Defender (TV Series) · as Florence Novak
1953
Jennifer · as Molly
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Christine Markham
1953
I Led 3 Lives (TV Series)
1952
The Lusty Men · as Grace Burgess
1952
Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Miss Holmes
1952
Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Jessie Fremont
1952
The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast
1952
Texas City · as Aunt Harriet Upton
1951
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Irene Williams
1951
Boston Blackie (TV Series) · as Rachel Hendrix
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Liza
1949
Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast

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