Acting credits
34
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Lorna Raver
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.1
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Movies: 8Series: 26
TMDB ID: 95696
IMDb ID: nm0712404
Known for: Acting
Born: October 9, 1943
Died: May 12, 2025
Age: 81
Place of birth: Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2024
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
Wikidata: Q458482
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Lorna Raver.
10.0
Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell
as Self
2024 Movie
3.9
Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage
as Zoreh
2014 Movie
4.8
Rushlights
as Belle
2013 Movie
6.2
The Caller
as Rose Lazar
2011 Movie
5.8
Armored
as Child Welfare Agent
2009 Movie
6.5
Drag Me to Hell
as Mrs. Ganush
2009 Movie
5.2
Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
as Mrs. Wolcott
2007 Movie
6.4
Freeway
as Judge
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Lorna Raver.
6.6
Raising the Bar
1 eps
2008 Series
6.8
Eli Stone
as Judge Gilberg • 2 eps
2008 Series
6.6
In Justice
as Bonnie Levin • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.2
Bones
as Professor Marlene Twardosh • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.5
Weeds
as Irma • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Ghost Lady • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Desperate Housewives
as Judge Sullivan • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.9
Boston Legal
as Judge Katherine Taylor • 2 eps
2004 Series
3.5
Clubhouse
1 eps
2004 Series
7.9
10-8: Officers on Duty
as Mrs. Cevallos • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.8
One Tree Hill
as Zelda • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Nip/Tuck
as Lena Workman • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Sister Elizabeth • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Gilmore Girls
as Professor Anderson • 1 eps
2000 Series
8.5
Malcolm in the Middle
as Big Kathy • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.5
Stark Raving Mad
as Phyllis Bleck • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.2
Charmed
as Madame Tereza • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.6
Felicity
as Professor Linda Cohen • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.5
Ally McBeal
as Judge Saturn • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady") • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.6
The Practice
as Pearson's Assistant • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
as Q-Judge • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
ER
as Anne Adelstein • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.9
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
as Dr. McGrath • 1 eps
1993 Series