8.2
TV
Acting
Lorna Raver
- Born
- Died
- (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 37 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.2
TV
8.5
TV
Malcolm in the Middle
6.5
Movie
Drag Me to Hell
8.2
TV
Bones
8.2
TV
Charmed
7.9
TV
Desperate Housewives
7.6
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.9
TV
Gilmore Girls
7.8
TV
Star Trek: Voyager
7.5
TV
Weeds
7.8
TV
ER
7.3
TV
Beverly Hills, 90210
5.8
Movie
Armored
7.8
TV
One Tree Hill
7.2
TV
Nip/Tuck
7.6
TV
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
6.5
Movie
Freeway
7.9
TV
Boston Legal
Acting credits 37
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell Film | Self |
| 2014 | Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage Film | Zoreh |
| 2013 | Rushlights Film | Belle |
| 2011 | The Caller Film | Rose Lazar |
| 2011 | Traffic Light TV | Magda (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Armored Film | Child Welfare Agent |
| 2009 | Drag Me to Hell Film | Mrs. Ganush |
| 2008 | Raising the Bar TV | (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Eli Stone TV | Judge Gilberg (2 ep) |
| 2007 | Jane Doe: Ties That Bind Film | Mrs. Wolcott |
| 2006 | In Justice TV | Bonnie Levin (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Bones TV | Professor Marlene Twardosh (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Weeds TV | Irma (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy TV | Ghost Lady (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Candor City Hospital Film | |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives TV | Judge Sullivan (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Boston Legal TV | Judge Katherine Taylor (2 ep) |
| 2004 | Clubhouse TV | (1 ep) |
| 2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty TV | Mrs. Cevallos (1 ep) |
| 2003 | One Tree Hill TV | Zelda (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck TV | Lena Workman (1 ep) |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV | Sister Elizabeth (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls TV | Professor Anderson (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle TV | Big Kathy (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Stark Raving Mad TV | Phyllis Bleck (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Charmed TV | Madame Tereza (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Felicity TV | Professor Linda Cohen (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal TV | Judge Saturn (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TV | Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady") (1 ep) |
| 1997 | The Practice TV | Pearson's Assistant (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Freeway Film | Judge |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager TV | Q-Judge (1 ep) |
| 1994 | ER TV | Anne Adelstein (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class TV | Dr. McGrath (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman TV | Natalia (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 TV | Mrs. Van Dyke (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Opportunity Knocks Film | Eddie's Secretary |