Lorna Raver

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.

Known For

Drag Me to Hell 2009 ★ 6.5
Eli Stone 2008 ★ 6.7
Raising the Bar 2008 ★ 6.3
In Justice 2006 ★ 6.8
Grey's Anatomy 2005 ★ 8.2
Bones 2005 ★ 8.2
Weeds 2005 ★ 7.5
Desperate Housewives 2004 ★ 7.9
Boston Legal 2004 ★ 7.9
One Tree Hill 2003 ★ 7.8
Nip/Tuck 2003 ★ 7.2
10-8: Officers on Duty 2003 ★ 7.9
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000 ★ 7.6
Gilmore Girls 2000 ★ 7.9
Malcolm in the Middle 2000 ★ 8.5
Charmed 1998 ★ 8.2
Felicity 1998 ★ 6.6
The Practice 1997 ★ 7.7
Ally McBeal 1997 ★ 6.5
Star Trek: Voyager 1995 ★ 7.8
ER 1994 ★ 7.8
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1993 ★ 7.6
Saved by the Bell: The New Class 1993 ★ 5.9
Beverly Hills, 90210 1990 ★ 7.3