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Actor

Lorna Thayer

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Acting credits

47

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

0.4

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Movies: 26Series: 21

TMDB ID: 95787

IMDb ID: nm0857213

Known for: Acting

Born: March 10, 1919

Died: June 4, 2005

Age: 86

Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1951 - 1991

Years active: 41

Average TMDB rating: 6.3

Wikidata: Q11837369

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.

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