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Lorna Raver’s May Passing Revealed Through SAG-AFTRA In Memoriam

Her death at 81 was verified by her former agent after remaining private for months.

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Overview

  • Lorna Raver died on May 12, 2025, but her passing was not disclosed until she appeared in SAG-AFTRA’s Summer 2025 In Memoriam issue.
  • Her former agent, Michael Greene, confirmed the date of death to Entertainment Weekly and remembered her as “a beautiful lady.”
  • Neither the union listing nor agent statements offered a cause of death or additional circumstances.
  • Raver gained mainstream recognition for her chilling turn as Mrs. Ganush in Sam Raimi’s 2009 horror hit Drag Me to Hell.
  • A stage-trained character actor with over 50 screen credits and award-winning audiobook work, she retired in 2014 after her final film, Rushlights (2013).