Lorna Raver

Born: 1943-10-09

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.


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Drag Me to Hell

as Mrs. Ganush
Released: 2009-05-27

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown...

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Armored

as Child Welfare Agent
Released: 2009-12-04

A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on...

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Freeway

as Judge
Released: 1996-08-23

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her...

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The Caller

as Rose Lazar
Released: 2011-08-26

Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious...

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Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage

as Zoreh
Released: 2014-02-07

When the Sultan's first born is taken by an evil sorcerer, Sinbad is tasked with traveling to a...

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Rushlights

as Belle
Released: 2013-06-21

Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the...

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Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

as Mrs. Wolcott
Released: 2007-03-17

DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Ghost Lady
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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Bones

as Professor Marlene Twardosh
First aired: 2005-09-13

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Sister Elizabeth
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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Malcolm in the Middle

as Big Kathy
First aired: 2000-01-09

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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Desperate Housewives

as Judge Sullivan
First aired: 2004-10-03

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of...

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Gilmore Girls

as Professor Anderson
First aired: 2000-10-05

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives...

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Charmed

as Madame Tereza
First aired: 1998-10-07

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed...

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Star Trek: Voyager

as Q-Judge
First aired: 1995-01-16

Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp...

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One Tree Hill

as Zelda
First aired: 2003-09-23

In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding,...

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Beverly Hills, 90210

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-04

Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of...

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ER

as Anne Adelstein
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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Weeds

as Irma
First aired: 2005-08-07

After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her...

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The Practice

as Pearson's Assistant
First aired: 1997-03-04

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their...

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Felicity

as Professor Linda Cohen
First aired: 1998-09-29

Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to...

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady")
First aired: 1997-05-25

Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and...

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Saved by the Bell: The New Class

as Dr. McGrath
First aired: 1993-09-11

Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from...

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Raising the Bar

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-09-01

The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office...

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Stark Raving Mad

as Phyllis Bleck
First aired: 1999-09-23

Stark Raving Mad is an American sitcom that aired from on NBC from 1999 to 2000. The series...

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Clubhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-09-26

For the first time, Pete Young takes a risk - perhaps the only risk of his young life - when he...

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