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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

32

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-10-09 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Lorna Raver

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Armored

2009

Armored

as

Child Welfare Agent

Drag Me to Hell

2009

Drag Me to Hell

as

Mrs. Ganush

The Caller

2011

The Caller

as

Rose Lazar

Freeway

1996

Freeway

as

Judge

Rushlights

2013

Rushlights

as

Belle

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

2007

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind

as

Mrs. Wolcott

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

as

Judge Sullivan

Weeds

Weeds

as

Irma

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

as

Professor Anderson

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

as

Ghost Lady

The Practice

The Practice

as

Pearson's Assistant

Bones

Bones

as

Professor Marlene Twardosh

Felicity

Felicity

as

Professor Linda Cohen

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as

Geraldine Collins (segment "The Landlady")

ER

ER

as

Anne Adelstein

Charmed

Charmed

as

Madame Tereza

Stark Raving Mad

Stark Raving Mad

as

Phyllis Bleck

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

as

Judge Saturn

Eli Stone

Eli Stone

as

Judge Gilberg

Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck

as

Lena Workman

Production

Crew

Directing