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Lorna Raver
ActorBorn October 9, 1943 (81 years)
Lorna Raver (born October 9, 1943) is 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.
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.
Filmography
| 2014 | Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage · as Zoreh |
| 2014 | Rake (US) (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 2013 | Rushlights · as Belle |
| 2011 | Breaking Waves · as Mrs. Conwell |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | The Caller · as Rose Lazar |
| 2011 | Traffic Light (US) (TV Series) · as Magda |
| 2009 | Armored · as Child Welfare Agent |
| 2009 | Drag Me to Hell · as Mrs. Ganush |
| 2008 | Raising the Bar (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Eli Stone (TV Series) · as Judge Gilberg |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 2007 | Jane Doe: Ties That Bind · as Mrs. Wolcott |
| 2006 | Walkout · as Georgina Hardy |
| 2006 | In Justice (TV Series) · as Bonnie Levin |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Professor Marlene Twardosh |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Ghost Lady |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Judge Sullivan |
| 2004 | Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Judge Katherine Taylor |
| 2004 | Clubhouse (TV Series) |
| 2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cevallos |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Myra Rosen (2004) |
| 2003 | One Tree Hill (TV Series) · as Zelda |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | L.A. Dragnet (TV Series) · as Judge Salke |
| 2003 | First Watch · as Vice President |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Sister Elizabeth |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls (TV Series) · as Professor Anderson |
| 2000 | Bull (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) · as Big Kathy |
| 1999 | Stark Raving Mad (TV Series) · as Phyllis Bleck |
| 1999 | Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Dr. Sackman |
| 1998 | Charmed (TV Series) · as Madame Tereza |
| 1998 | Felicity (TV Series) · as Professor Linda Cohen |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal (TV Series) · as Judge Saturn |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV Series) · as Geraldine Collins (segment "the Landlady") |
| 1997 | Leaving L.A. (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jenkins |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Pearson's Assistant |
| 1997 | Crisis Center (TV Series) · as Board Member #2 |
| 1996 | The Pretender (US) (TV Series) · as Smokey |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series) · as Q-Judge |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Anne Adelstein |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Bernice Steinman |
| 1993 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class (TV Series) · as Dr. Mcgrath |
| 1993 | Getting By (TV Series) · as Mrs. Shaw |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series) · as Natalia |
| 1991 | Reasonable Doubts (TV Series) · as Ms. Whitten |
| 1990 | Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Opportunity Knocks · as Eddie's Secretary |
| 1987 | The Bold and the Beautiful (TV Series) · as Genoa City Hospital Receptionist |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 1973 | The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Rebecca Kaplan |