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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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Filmography
all 47
Movies 24
TV Shows 23
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
Nothing in Common (1986)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
The Aliens Are Coming (1980)
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers (1979)
CHiPs (1977)
Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976)
Smoke In The Wind (1975)
Alice Goodbody (1974)
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974)
The Family Kovack (1974)
Rhinoceros (1974)
Mrs. Sundance (1974)
Skyjacked (1972)
Cisco Pike (1972)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (1969)
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
Garrison's Gorillas (1967)
That Girl (1966)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
87th Precinct (1961)
Freckles (1960)
The Tall Man (1960)
The Detectives (1959)
Johnny Ringo (1959)
Black Saddle (1959)
Natchez (1958)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956)
Playhouse 90 (1956)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
Women's Prison (1955)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
Medic (1954)
The Lone Wolf (1954)
Jennifer (1953)
Letter to Loretta (1953)
I Led Three Lives (1953)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
Dragnet (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1919-03-10
Deathday2005-06-04 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceBoston, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLorna Patricia Casey
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