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Scottish Sun
a day ago
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- Scottish Sun
Drag Me to Hell star Lorna Raver dies aged 81 after lengthy career appearing in ER, Desperate Housewives & Star Trek
ON SCREEN ICON Drag Me to Hell star Lorna Raver dies aged 81 after lengthy career appearing in ER, Desperate Housewives & Star Trek Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) THE actress Lorna Raver, who starred in the horror movie Drag Me To Hell, has died at the age of 81. Raver died on May 12 but her death wasn't announced until earlier this week. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 2 Lorna Raver, pictured in the movie Drag Me to Hell, has died Credit: Handout 2 Raver died in May Credit: Getty Her career spanned decades, which saw her make cameo appearances in shows such as ER, Desperate Housewives, and Star Trek: Voyager. More to follow... For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos. Like us on Facebook at TheSunUS and follow us on X at @TheUSSun
New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Drag Me to Hell' star Lorna Raver dead at 81
Lorna Raver, the actress best known for her role in director Sam Raimi's 2009 horror film 'Drag Me to Hell,' has passed away. She was 81. Although Raver died on May 12, the news of her passing was not revealed until it was included alongside Anne Burrell, George Wendt and Brian Wilson in the 'In Memoriam' section of SAG-AFTRA's Summer 2025 magazine edition published Monday, Aug. 11. No other details were immediately available, and Raver's cause of death has not been disclosed. Lorna Raver attends the premiere of 'Drag Me To Hell' in Hollywood, California, on May 12, 2009. Getty Images The Post has reached out to Raven's rep for comment. Born in York, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 9, 1943, Raver began acting at the Hedgerow Theater outside Philadelphia, per The Hollywood Reporter. She later moved to New York and went on to star in Robin Swicord's off-Broadway play 'Last Days of the Dixie Girl Café' in 1979. Lorna Raver as Mrs. Slyvia Ganush in Sam Raimi's 2009 horror film 'Drag Me to Hell.' ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection She teamed up with Raimi 30 years later to portray Mrs. Sylvia Ganush in the horror director's 'Drag Me to Hell' alongside Alison Lohman and Justin Long. 'While I knew of [Raimi's] work from other films, I was so ignorant of the whole horror genre that I had never even heard of the 'Evil Dead,'' Raver said in Jason Norman's 2014 book, 'Welcome to Our Nightmares: Behind the Scene With Today's Horror Actors.' 'I was definitely interested in doing it because of Sam Raimi, but I was not fully aware of exactly what I was getting into until it happened,' she added. This is a developing story…
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Lorna Raver dead at 81: Drag Me To Hell star passes away as tributes pour in
Actress Lorna Raver has died at age 81. Raver passed on May 12, 2025, according to SAG-AFTRA's Summer 2025 magazine, which announced her death in their 'In Memoriam' section. Raver, who has 55 acting credits to her IMDB page, is memorably known for her portrayal of Mrs. Ganush, a gypsy who places a curse on the main star, in the 2009 horror film Drag Me To Hell. One fan posted to X of her passing, 'What a memorable turn she gave in Drag Me To Hell. R.I.P.'
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Lorna Raver, actor from Drag Me to Hell, dies at 81
Lorna Raver, who played Mrs Ganush in Sam Raimi's hit horror Drag Me to Hell, has died at the age of 81. According to the Hollywood Reporter, her death was included in the in memoriam section of the Screen Actors Guild's summer magazine. She died in May. Raver is best known for playing the woman who curses Alison Lohman's bank teller in Drag Me to Hell, Raimi's 2009 horror movie. The film premiered at Cannes and made over $90m at the global box office. 'We just wanted to tell the story of a person who wants to be a good person but who makes a sinful choice out of greed, for their own benefit, and pays the price for it,' Raimi said upon its premiere. It received positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised Raver's performance. In her review for the New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis called Raver 'gleefully disgusting' while Variety's Peter Debruge referred to her as a 'memorable' villain. 'It was a lot of fun,' Raver said in an interview at the time. 'I mean it was gruelling sometimes but it was a lot of fun and Sam is terrific to work with … I was a little apprehensive going into it but I had a wonderful time.' Raver's film roles also included dark 1996 comedy Freeway alongside Reese Witherspoon, the Matt Dillon-led crime thriller Armored and supernatural horror The Caller. On TV she was best known for soap The Young and the Restless, where she appeared on 26 episodes. She also had roles in NYPD Blue, Bones, One Tree Hill, Weeds, Nip/Tuck, Star Trek: Voyager and Grey's Anatomy. She also appeared in many off-Broadway productions and was a prolific audiobook narrator. 'I can't say exactly why I wanted to become an actor – the yen was just always there,' Raver said in a 2011 interview. 'It was only after I became an actor that I learned what I love about it: I love the chance to live multiple lives and I'm stimulated by the work of developing the discipline, skill and openness one needs in order to inhabit those other lives.' She retired from acting in 2014. 'I always had this idea that women of a certain age just shouldn't even bother to try and make it in Hollywood, and I have been pleasantly surprised and blessed by all the work that has come my way,' she said in 2009.
