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