Lorna Thayer
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Dragnet
1951
Series
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Series
That Girl
1966
Series
The Detectives
1959
Series
Playhouse 90
Belle
1956
Series
Boston Blackie
1951
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Series
The Tall Man
1960
Series
Black Saddle
Belle Bronson
1959
Series
CHiPs
1977
Series
Johnny Ringo
Mrs. Haig
1959
Series
Cavalcade of America
Miss Holmes
1952
Series
87th Precinct
1961
Series
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Series
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Series
I Led Three Lives
1953
Lux Video Theatre
Liza
1950
Film
The Andromeda Strain
Woman (uncredited)
1971
Film
Five Easy Pieces
Waitress
1970
Series
Medic
Lorraine Lockwood
1954
Film
Frankie and Johnny
Flower Mart Vendor
1991
Series
Letter to Loretta
Christine Markham
1953
Film
Nothing in Common
Auditioning Grandma
1986
Film
Buddy Buddy
Lady
1981
Film
The Lusty Men
Grace Burgess
1952
Film
The Beast with a Million Eyes
Carol Kelley
1955
Film
Cisco Pike
Swimming Lady
1972
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Irene Williams
1951
Film
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
1968
Film
Skyjacked
Weber's mother
1972
Film
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Hospital Receptionist
1979
Film
Rhinoceros
Restaurant Owner
1974
Film
Women's Prison
1955
Film
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Lilly Downs
1976
Film
Mrs. Sundance
Fanny Porter
1974
Film
Alice Goodbody
Yvonne
1974
Film
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Mrs. Gibbs
1974
Film
The Aliens Are Coming
Waitress
1980
Film
The Dion Brothers
TV Interviewer (uncredited)
1974
Film
Jennifer
Molly
1953
Film
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Widow Wycherly
1969
Film
Smoke In The Wind
Ma Mondier
1975
Film
Freckles
Alice Cooper
1960
Film
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Mortua
1956
Film
Natchez
Belle
1958
Film
The Family Kovack
Thelma
1974