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Lorna Raver
Actor

Lorna Raver

9 Oct 1943Born
12 May 2025Died
81Age at death
36Credits

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.

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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.

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Filmography

  1. 2014Sinbad: The Fifth VoyageFilm: Zoreh
  2. 2013RushlightsFilm: Belle
  3. 2011The CallerFilm: Rose Lazar
  4. 2011Traffic LightSeries: Magda (1 episode)
  5. 2009ArmoredFilm: Child Welfare Agent
  6. 2009Drag Me to HellFilm: Mrs. Ganush
  7. 2008Raising the BarSeries (1 episode)
  8. 2008Eli StoneSeries: Judge Gilberg (2 episodes)
  9. 2007Jane Doe: Ties That BindFilm: Mrs. Wolcott
  10. 2006In JusticeSeries: Bonnie Levin (1 episode)
  11. 2005BonesSeries: Professor Marlene Twardosh (1 episode)
  12. 2005WeedsSeries: Irma (1 episode)
  13. 2005Grey's AnatomySeries: Ghost Lady (1 episode)
  14. 2005Candor City HospitalFilm
  15. 2004Desperate HousewivesSeries: Judge Sullivan (1 episode)
  16. 2004Boston LegalSeries: Judge Katherine Taylor (2 episodes)
  17. 2004ClubhouseSeries (1 episode)
  18. 200310-8: Officers on DutySeries: Mrs. Cevallos (1 episode)
  19. 2003One Tree HillSeries: Zelda (1 episode)
  20. 2003Nip/TuckSeries: Lena Workman (1 episode)
  21. 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries: Sister Elizabeth (1 episode)
  22. 2000Gilmore GirlsSeries: Professor Anderson (1 episode)
  23. 2000Malcolm in the MiddleSeries: Big Kathy (1 episode)
  24. 1999Stark Raving MadSeries: Phyllis Bleck (1 episode)
  25. 1998CharmedSeries: Madame Tereza (1 episode)
  26. 1998FelicitySeries: Professor Linda Cohen (1 episode)
  27. 1997Ally McBealSeries: Judge Saturn (1 episode)
  28. 1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionSeries: Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady") (1 episode)
  29. 1997The PracticeSeries: Pearson's Assistant (1 episode)
  30. 1996FreewayFilm: Judge
  31. 1995Star Trek: VoyagerSeries: Q-Judge (1 episode)
  32. 1994ERSeries: Anne Adelstein (1 episode)
  33. 1993Saved by the Bell: The New ClassSeries: Dr. McGrath (1 episode)
  34. 1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanSeries: Natalia (1 episode)
  35. 1990Beverly Hills, 90210Series: Mrs. Van Dyke (1 episode)
  36. 1990Opportunity KnocksFilm: Eddie's Secretary

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