Lorna Thayer
Age: 86 | From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1919-03-10 11:28:37
Death: 2005-06-04 11:28:37
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 13
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Liza
Johnny Ringo
(1959) Mrs. Haig
Five Easy Pieces
(1970) Waitress
Cavalcade of America
(1952) Miss Holmes
Black Saddle
(1959) Belle Bronson
Medic
(1954) Lorraine Lockwood
Playhouse 90
(1956) Belle
The Lusty Men
(1952) Grace BurgessActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Flower Mart Vendor | |
| 1986 | Auditioning Grandma | |
| 1981 | Lady | |
| 1980 | Waitress | |
| 1979 | Hospital Receptionist | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| 1976 | Lilly Downs | |
| 1975 | Ma Mondier | |
| 1974 | Yvonne | |
| Mrs. Gibbs | ||
| Thelma | ||
| Restaurant Owner | ||
| Fanny Porter | ||
| 1972 | Weber's mother | |
| Swimming Lady | ||
| 1970 | Waitress | |
| 1969 | Widow Wycherly | |
| 1968 | Saloon Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| 1961 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1960 | Alice Cooper | |
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Mrs. Haig | ||
| Belle Bronson | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| 1957 | N/A | |
| 1956 | Mortua | |
| Belle | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Carol Kelley | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| Lorraine Lockwood | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Molly | |
| Christine Markham | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1952 | Grace Burgess | |
| Miss Holmes | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Irene Williams | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Liza | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
