Lorna Thayer

Lorna Thayer

Birthday: 1919-03-10

Deathday: 2005-06-04

Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as: Lorna Patricia Casey

imdb_id: nm0857213

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.

Played in movies:

Mrs. Sundance

Score: 7.5

Five Easy Pieces

Score: 7.1

Frankie and Johnny

Score: 6.8

The Lusty Men

Score: 6.6

Skyjacked

Score: 6.2

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Score: 6.2

Buddy Buddy

Score: 6.2

Smoke In The Wind

Score: 6.0

Jennifer

Score: 5.8

Nothing in Common

Score: 5.8

Women's Prison

Score: 5.7

Cisco Pike

Score: 5.7

The Dion Brothers

Score: 5.6

Rhinoceros

Score: 5.3

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

Score: 4.7

Alice Goodbody

Score: 4.6

Freckles

Score: 4.6

Revenge of the Cheerleaders

Score: 4.4

The Beast with a Million Eyes

Score: 3.8

The Aliens Are Coming

Score: 3.6

The Women of Pitcairn Island

Score: 3.5

The Family Kovack

Score: 2.0

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

Score: 1.0

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

Score: 0.0

Natchez

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Garrison's Gorillas

Score: 7.8

Playhouse 90

Score: 7.6

87th Precinct

Score: 7.5

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Score: 7.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Score: 6.9

CHiPs

Score: 6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Score: 6.8

Letter to Loretta

Score: 6.5

Dragnet

Score: 6.4

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

The Tall Man

Score: 6.3

That Girl

Score: 6.3

Black Saddle

Score: 6.0

Medic

Score: 5.7

Johnny Ringo

Score: 5.7

The Detectives

Score: 5.6

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Score: 5.0

Boston Blackie

Score: 4.0

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

I Led Three Lives

Score: 0.0