Lorna Raver
Known for Acting · 37 credits
- Born
- 1943-10-09
- Died
- 2025-05-12
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Lorna Raver Johnson
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
TV Shows (27)
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Ghost Lady
Bones
2005
as Professor Marlene Twardosh
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Sister Elizabeth
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Judge Sullivan
Charmed
1998
as Madame Tereza
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Professor Anderson
ER
1994
as Anne Adelstein
One Tree Hill
2003
as Zelda
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
as Mrs. Van Dyke
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Big Kathy
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
as Q-Judge
Boston Legal
2004
as Judge Katherine Taylor
The Practice
1997
as Pearson's Assistant
Weeds
2005
as Irma
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Lena Workman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Natalia
Felicity
1998
as Professor Linda Cohen
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady")
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
as Dr. McGrath
Ally McBeal
1997
as Judge Saturn
Eli Stone
2008
as Judge Gilberg
Raising the Bar
2008
Stark Raving Mad
1999
as Phyllis Bleck
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
as Mrs. Cevallos
In Justice
2006
as Bonnie Levin
Traffic Light
2011
as Magda
Clubhouse
2004
Movies (10)
Drag Me to Hell
2009
as Mrs. Ganush
Freeway
1996
as Judge
Armored
2009
as Child Welfare Agent
Rushlights
2013
as Belle
The Caller
2011
as Rose Lazar
Opportunity Knocks
1990
as Eddie's Secretary
Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage
2014
as Zoreh
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007
as Mrs. Wolcott
Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell
2024
as Self
Candor City Hospital
2005
About Lorna Raver
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… With 37 credits spanning from 1990 to 2024, Lorna Raver has appeared in 10 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lorna Raver Movies
- Drag Me to Hell (2009) — as Mrs. Ganush
- Freeway (1996) — as Judge
- Armored (2009) — as Child Welfare Agent
- Rushlights (2013) — as Belle
- The Caller (2011) — as Rose Lazar
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