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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...
Known for
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
The Dick Van Dyke ShowSeries • 1961
DragnetSeries • 1951
The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries • 1955
That GirlSeries • 1966
The DetectivesSeries • 1959
Black SaddleSeries • 1959
Playhouse 90Series • 1956
87th PrecinctSeries • 1961
The Adventures of Jim BowieSeries • 1956
CHiPsSeries • 1977
The Tall ManSeries • 1960
Boston BlackieSeries • 1951
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries • 1952
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
Johnny RingoSeries • 1959
I Led Three LivesSeries • 1953
The Adventures of Rin Tin TinSeries • 1954
Garrison's GorillasSeries • 1967
The Andromeda StrainMovie • 1971
Frankie and JohnnyMovie • 1991
Nothing in CommonMovie • 1986
Five Easy PiecesMovie • 1970
The Lusty MenMovie • 1952