Lorna Thayer

Lorna Thayer

Known For:Acting
Gender:Female
Birthday:1919-03-10
Place of Birth:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As: Lorna Patricia Casey /
Known For: Acting Gender: Female Birthday: 1919-03-10 More

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.
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Frankie and Johnny
Drama Romance Comedy
Nothing in Common
Drama Comedy Romance
Buddy Buddy
Comedy Crime
The Aliens Are Coming
Science Fiction TV Movie
CHiPs
Drama Action & Adventure
Smoke In The Wind
Action Drama Romance
Rhinoceros
Comedy Drama
Mrs. Sundance
Western TV Movie
Skyjacked
Action Drama Thriller
87th Precinct
Crime Drama Mystery
The Detectives
Action & Adventure Drama
Black Saddle
Western Drama
Natchez
Drama TV Movie
Have Gun, Will Travel
Western Action & Adventure Drama
Jennifer
Thriller Mystery
Dragnet
Drama Crime
  • name:Lorna Thayer
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Female
  • Birthday:1919-03-10
  • Place of Birth:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Also Known As: Lorna Patricia Casey ·
  • 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.
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