Lorna Thayer

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.

Tentang

Stage Name: Lorna Thayer

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.3247

Jenis Kelamin: Perempuan

Tanggal Lahir: 1919-03-10

Lokasi Lahir: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Riwayat Perfilman

1991

Frankie and Johnny

Flower Mart Vendor

1986

Nothing in Common

Auditioning Grandma

1981

Buddy Buddy

Lady

1977

CHiPs

1975

Smoke In The Wind

Ma Mondier

1974

Alice Goodbody

Yvonne

1974

The Dion Brothers

TV Interviewer (uncredited)

1974

Rhinoceros

Restaurant Owner

1974

Mrs. Sundance

Fanny Porter

1972

Skyjacked

Weber's mother

1972

Cisco Pike

Swimming Lady

1970

Five Easy Pieces

Waitress

1969

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

Widow Wycherly

1968

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Saloon Girl (uncredited)

1960

Freckles

Alice Cooper

1959

Johnny Ringo

Mrs. Haig

1959

Black Saddle

Belle Bronson

1956

Playhouse 90

Belle

1954

Medic

Lorraine Lockwood

1953

Jennifer

Molly

1953

Letter to Loretta

Christine Markham

1952

The Lusty Men

Grace Burgess

1952

Cavalcade of America

Miss Holmes

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Irene Williams