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- Character actress Lorna Thayer will probably remain in good standing in the Hollywood cult movie annals for decades to come, due to one scene and one scene, alone. In the critically-acclaimed "generation gap" film, Five Easy Pieces (1970), Jack Nicholson plays a rebellious, disgruntled musician-cum-oil rigger with "loose cannon" tendencies who takes his frustrations out on an uncooperative roadside hash-slinger, played by Lorna, who refuses to allow him food substitutes while ordering a meal. This memorable movie vignette, now referred to as the "chicken salad sandwich-scene," has tended to overshadow all of Lorna's other productive work on stage, TV and film.
Born Lorna Patricia Casey in Boston on March 10, 1919, her mother, actress Louise Gibney, brought the family to California in 1923 to escape the cold winters and settled in Venice Beach, eventually securing a permanent residence in Hollywood.
From 1952, Lorna could be glimpsed here and there in a handful of humorless working-class bits in such films as The Lusty Men (1952), Women's Prison (1955), The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955), I Want to Live! (1958) and Freckles (1960). She appeared on both the New York and Los Angeles stages and made her Broadway debut in "Comes a Day" in 1958, returning six years later with a role in "Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory".
A fairly steady TV fixture throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she experienced a slump for a time until her celebrated bit with Nicholson triggered a host of character film work, including Cisco Pike (1971), The Dion Brothers (1974), Buddy Buddy (1981) and Nothing in Common (1986), along with assorted TV mini-movies.
Although it did not improve her standing all that much, she made do and had a bit part in the Al Pacino/Michelle Pfeiffer starrer, Frankie and Johnny (1991), before retiring.
Lorna was married twice--to actor George N. Neise (divorced) and Arthur Dowling (widowed). She had two daughters, Adrienne and Nikki. Lorna was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease five years before her death in 2005 at age 85. At the time, she was living at the Motion Picture and Television Fund retirement establishment in Woodland Hills, California. - Carol Christensen was born on 14 September 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962), Swingin' Along (1961) and The Big Show (1961). She was married to Dwayne Hickman. She died on 4 June 2005 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
- Actress
- Special Effects
Milja Vujanovic was born on 21 August 1945 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Early Works (1969), This Crazy World of Ours (1970) and Most (1969). She died on 4 June 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.- Karl Steinbuch was born on 15 June 1917 in Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He died on 4 June 2005 in Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Set Decorator
Disley Jones was born on 15 January 1926 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Italian Job (1969), The Revolutionary (1970) and Tower of Evil (1972). He died on 4 June 2005 in London, England, UK.- Writer
- Editor
- Additional Crew
Ron Marryott was born on 18 February 1934 in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for Combat at Sea (1994), V.I. Warshawski (1991) and Time Capsule: WW II - War in Europe (1994). He died on 4 June 2005 in St. Margaret's Heights, Maryland, USA.