Lorna Thayer

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name = Lorna Thayer


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birthdate = 10 March 1919
birthplace = Boston, Massachusetts
deathdate = June 4 2005
deathplace = Woodland Hills, California

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. 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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*imdb name | id=0857213| name=Lorna Thayer
* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002339076_thayerobit17.html "Los Angeles Times" obituary reprinted in the "Seattle Times"]