It is "The Grey Lady."
Very little is known about the Grey Lady apart from the fact that she is very tall and she is the resident ghost of Ravenclaw. Harry and Ron encounter her gliding past in the corridor while out looking for the Mirror of Erised (Philosopher's Stone). According to a letter written by JKR to Nina Young, the Grey Lady is "a highly intellectual young lady" and a woman with strong scholarly or literary interests. "She never found true love as she never found a man up to her standards."
So how do we know that the Grey Lady is the Ravenclaw ghost? JKR showed a page from her notebook in a televised interview. Clearly visible on that page was the list of house ghosts which indicated that the Ravenclaw ghost was the Grey Lady. In the Philosopher's Stone film, she appeared a number of times. She was sitting at a desk in MacGonagall's classroom when Harry, Ron, and Hermione came bursting in, demanding to talk to Dumbledore. She was also talking with Nearly Headless Nick when he told her that Harry had been made a Seeker (Philosopher's Stone film)
You may be interested to know that the ghost of Ravenclaw, the Grey Lady, could actually be or be based on the 'Grey Lady' that haunts Brodick Castle, on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. The castle was originally built by the Stewarts and was captured by the English during the Wars of Independence. In 1406 an English fleet sailed into the Clyde and destroyed much of the original castle. For much of its life the castle has been owned by members of the Hamilton family. The older part of the castle is said to be haunted by the "Grey Lady," who starved to death in the dungeons of the castle because she had the plague.
2006-12-01 06:40:12
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answered by Anonymous
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No Ravenclaw house ghost is directly mentioned in the books; however, the Harry Potter movies name her as the Grey Lady
2006-12-01 16:20:55
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answered by Dharma 3
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The Grey Lady
2006-12-01 12:45:16
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answered by Koko ; 4
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The Ghost's name is The
Grey Lady
2006-12-01 14:55:07
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answered by Brittany P 1
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i believe that jk rowling answered this in an interview. the ravenclaw house ghost is the grey lady.
2006-12-01 15:47:36
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answered by Anonymous
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It's the Grey Lady, although I can't say I even remember her... The wikipedia article quotes Rowling as saying she's mentioned briefly in the first book.
good question!
2006-12-01 14:25:40
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answered by boots&hank 5
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The Grey Lady, if I remember correctly
2006-12-01 12:41:15
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answered by ~Grace~ 5
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The Grey Lady. If I remember correctly she either never or rarely speaks.
2006-12-01 12:50:15
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answered by Eden 5
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Nearly headless nick is gryffindor, i dont know if they mention the ravenclaw one cuz i cant think of it either!
2006-12-01 12:41:51
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answered by Dan-yul 2
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HARRY POTTER.
You may contact J.K. Rowling using these addresses. She has not made her e-mail address public (for obvious reasons - you wouldn't want thousands of spam would you?), so you have to contact her via her publishers.
J.K. Rowling
c/o Scholastic Books
555 Broadway
New York, NY 10012, USA
J. K. Rowling
c/o Bloomsbury Publishing
38 Soho Square
London
W1V 5DF
UK
http://www.duelingclub.com/contact_jk.shtml
http://www.jkrowling.com/
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/
http://www.mugglenet.com/
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/
Literature Summaries by J. K. Rowling
http://litsum.com/author/j-k-rowling/
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J. K. RowlingDownload
& Print Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J. K. RowlingDownload
& Print Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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& Print Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
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& Print Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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& Print Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/index_h.html
http://www.happychild.org.uk/harrypottermagic/index2.htm
SPOILER ALERT: The Lexicon contains spoilers for ALL SIX of the Harry Potter novels! Read at your own risk!
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html
For Harry Potter ( One for each book ).
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/ps/book_ps.html
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/cs/book_cs.html
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/pa/book_pa.html
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/gf/book_gf.html
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/op/book_op.html
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/hbp/book_hbp.html
Quidditch Through The Ages.
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/qa/book_qa.html
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/book_fb.html
Harry Potter Word Wizard
http://www.theblanchards.com/hp/
Good luck.
Kevin, Liverpool, England.
2006-12-01 18:46:16
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answered by Anonymous
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