Lorna Raver

Known for ActingBorn 1943-10-09Died 2025-05-12Pennsylvania, USA

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.Read more

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Pardon My Curse: The Making of Drag Me to Hell

Malcolm in the Middle

Grey's Anatomy

Bones

Charmed

Candor City Hospital

10-8: Officers on Duty

Desperate Housewives

Boston Legal

Gilmore Girls

One Tree Hill

Star Trek: Voyager

ER

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Practice

Weeds

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Nip/Tuck

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Traffic Light

In Justice

Stark Raving Mad

Eli Stone

Felicity

Drag Me to Hell

Ally McBeal

Freeway

Raising the Bar

The Caller

Armored

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Opportunity Knocks

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

Clubhouse

Rushlights

Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage