
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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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as Belle Bronson
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as Belle
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as Liza
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as Lady
1981

as Flower Mart Vendor
1991

as Auditioning Grandma
1986

as Lady
1981

as Waitress
1980

as Hospital Receptionist
1979

as Lilly Downs
1976

as Ma Mondier
1975

as Yvonne
1974

as Mrs. Gibbs
1974

as TV Interviewer (uncredited)
1974

as Thelma
1974

as Restaurant Owner
1974

as Fanny Porter
1974

as Weber's mother
1972

as Swimming Lady
1972

as Woman (uncredited)
1971

as Waitress
1970

as Widow Wycherly
1969

as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
1968

as Alice Cooper
1960

as Belle
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as Mortua
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as Carol Kelley
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as Belle
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as Liza
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as Miss Holmes
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as Mrs. Haig
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as Christine Markham
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as Lorraine Lockwood
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as Irene Williams
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