Lorna Raver
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1943
- Died
- May 12, 2025 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Lorna Raver (October 9, 1943 - May 12, 2025) was an American actress who has appeared in numerous plays, films, and television series. She is sometimes credited as Lorna Raver Johnson. Born in York County, Pennsylvania, Raver had early experience performing at the Hedgerow Theater in Pennsylvania. She moved to New York City, appearing off-Broadway in the premieres of Last Days at the Dixie Girl Cafe and Between Daylight and Boonville. She then spent several years as a stage actress in Chicago and regionally before moving to Los Angeles, where she had many guest roles on TV and continued to work in live theater, including performances of The Seagull, Spinning into Butter, The Women, The American Plan, Oedipus Rex, and The Drama Coach, for which she won the Drama-Logue and LA Weekly awards. She also performs in radio drama. On September 19, 2006, she began appearing as Rebecca Kaplan (previously played by Millie Perkins) on CBS's The Young and the Restless. She won wide critical acclaim as Mrs. Ganush in Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell. In addition to numerous other stage and television appearances, she is a notable audio book narrator for Tantor, Books on Tape and Blackstone Audio, frequently working with her domestic partner Yuri Rasovsky.
Known For
Filmography
Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell
Movie · as Self
Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage
Movie · as Zoreh
Rushlights
Movie · as Belle
The Caller
Movie · as Rose Lazar
Traffic Light
TV · as Magda · 1 ep
Armored
Movie · as Child Welfare Agent
Drag Me to Hell
Movie · as Mrs. Ganush
Raising the Bar
TV · 1 ep
Eli Stone
TV · as Judge Gilberg · 2 eps
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Movie · as Mrs. Wolcott
In Justice
TV · as Bonnie Levin · 1 ep
Candor City Hospital
Movie
Weeds
TV · as Irma · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Ghost Lady · 1 ep
Bones
TV · as Professor Marlene Twardosh · 1 ep
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Judge Sullivan · 1 ep
Clubhouse
TV · 1 ep
Boston Legal
TV · as Judge Katherine Taylor · 2 eps
One Tree Hill
TV · as Zelda · 1 ep
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Lena Workman · 1 ep
10-8: Officers on Duty
TV · as Mrs. Cevallos · 1 ep
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Sister Elizabeth · 1 ep
Gilmore Girls
TV · as Professor Anderson · 1 ep
Malcolm in the Middle
TV · as Big Kathy · 1 ep
Stark Raving Mad
TV · as Phyllis Bleck · 1 ep
Felicity
TV · as Professor Linda Cohen · 1 ep
Charmed
TV · as Madame Tereza · 1 ep
The Practice
TV · as Pearson's Assistant · 1 ep
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV · as Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady") · 1 ep
Ally McBeal
TV · as Judge Saturn · 1 ep
Freeway
Movie · as Judge
Star Trek: Voyager
TV · as Q-Judge · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Anne Adelstein · 1 ep
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
TV · as Dr. McGrath · 1 ep
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV · as Natalia · 1 ep
Opportunity Knocks
Movie · as Eddie's Secretary
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Mrs. Van Dyke · 1 ep