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.
2024
as Self
2014
as Zoreh
2013
as Belle
2011
as Rose Lazar
2009
as Child Welfare Agent
2009
as Mrs. Ganush
2008
2007
as Mrs. Wolcott
2005
as Professor Marlene Twardosh
2005
as Irma
2005
as Ghost Lady
2005
2004
as Judge Sullivan
2004
2003
as Zelda
2000
as Sister Elizabeth
2000
as Professor Anderson
2000
as Big Kathy
1999
as Phyllis Bleck
1998
as Madame Tereza
1998
as Professor Linda Cohen
1997
as Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady")
1997
as Pearson's Assistant
1996
as Judge
1995
as Q-Judge
1994
as Anne Adelstein
1993
as Dr. McGrath
1990