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Lorna Raver

Lorna Raver

Actor · Born 1943-10-09 · Pennsylvania, USA

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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, fr…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Ghost Lady
  2. Malcolm in the Middle (2000) — Big Kathy
  3. Drag Me to Hell (2009) — Mrs. Ganush
  4. Bones (2005) — Professor Marlene Twardosh
  5. Charmed (1998) — Madame Tereza
  6. Desperate Housewives (2004) — Judge Sullivan
  7. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Sister Elizabeth
  8. Gilmore Girls (2000) — Professor Anderson
  9. Star Trek: Voyager (1995) — Q-Judge
  10. Weeds (2005) — Irma
  11. ER (1994) — Anne Adelstein
  12. Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) — Mrs. Van Dyke
  13. Armored (2009) — Child Welfare Agent
  14. One Tree Hill (2003) — Zelda
  15. Nip/Tuck (2003) — Lena Workman
  16. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) — Natalia
  17. Freeway (1996) — Judge
  18. Boston Legal (2004) — Judge Katherine Taylor
  19. Ally McBeal (1997) — Judge Saturn
  20. The Caller (2011) — Rose Lazar
  21. The Practice (1997) — Pearson's Assistant
  22. Felicity (1998) — Professor Linda Cohen
  23. Eli Stone (2008) — Judge Gilberg
  24. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) — Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady")
  25. Opportunity Knocks (1990) — Eddie's Secretary
  26. Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993) — Dr. McGrath
  27. Rushlights (2013) — Belle
  28. Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (2014) — Zoreh
  29. Traffic Light (2011) — Magda
  30. In Justice (2006) — Bonnie Levin
  31. Raising the Bar (2008)
  32. Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007) — Mrs. Wolcott
  33. Stark Raving Mad (1999) — Phyllis Bleck
  34. 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003) — Mrs. Cevallos
  35. Clubhouse (2004)
  36. Candor City Hospital (2005)
  37. Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell (2024) — Self