Lorna Thayer
Born March 10, 1919 (Age: 107)
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Frankie and Johnny
1991
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as Flower Mart Vendor
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Age: 72
Nothing in Common
1986
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as Auditioning Grandma
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Age: 67
Buddy Buddy
1981
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as Lady
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Age: 62
The Family Kovack
1974
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as Thelma
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Age: 55
Skyjacked
1972
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as Weber's mother
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Age: 53
The Andromeda Strain
1971
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as Woman (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Five Easy Pieces
1970
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as Waitress
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Age: 51
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
1969
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as Widow Wycherly
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Age: 49
Natchez
1958
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as Belle
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Age: 39
The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956
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as Mortua
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Age: 37