Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 09, 1943
Died
May 12, 2025
Place of Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
37 titles
Lorna Raver
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
Self
Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage
Zoreh
Rushlights
Belle
The Caller
Rose Lazar
Traffic Light
Magda
Armored
Child Welfare Agent
Drag Me to Hell
Mrs. Ganush
Raising the Bar
Eli Stone
Judge Gilberg
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
Mrs. Wolcott
In Justice
Bonnie Levin
Bones
Professor Marlene Twardosh
Weeds
Irma
Grey's Anatomy
Ghost Lady
Candor City Hospital
Desperate Housewives
Judge Sullivan
Boston Legal
Judge Katherine Taylor
Clubhouse
10-8: Officers on Duty
Mrs. Cevallos
One Tree Hill
Zelda
Nip/Tuck
Lena Workman
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sister Elizabeth
Gilmore Girls
Professor Anderson
Malcolm in the Middle
Big Kathy
Stark Raving Mad
Phyllis Bleck
Charmed
Madame Tereza
Felicity
Professor Linda Cohen
Ally McBeal
Judge Saturn
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady")
The Practice
Pearson's Assistant
Freeway
Judge
Star Trek: Voyager
Q-Judge
ER
Anne Adelstein
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Dr. McGrath
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Natalia
Beverly Hills, 90210
Mrs. Van Dyke
Opportunity Knocks
Eddie's Secretary