Claudia McNeil
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday13 August 1917
Died25 November 1993 (age 76)
Place of birthBaltimore, Maryland, USA
Known credits21
Biography
Claudia McNeil was an American actress known for premiering the role of matriarch Lena Younger in both the stage and screen productions of A Raisin in the Sun. She later appeared in a 1981 production of the musical version of the play, Raisin presented by Equity Library Theater.
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Sister Will Ada Barnett
The Tap Dance Kid
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · Big Ma
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · Big Ma
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976 · Sojourner Truth
Cry Panic
1974 · Ethel Hanson
The Migrants
1974 · Rose Daw
Black Girl
1972 · Mu' Dear
Moon of the Wolf
1972 · Sara
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Incident in San Francisco
1971 · Odessa Carter
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Madam
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · Josepha
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Josepha
The Nurses
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Lena Younger
The Last Angry Man
1959 · Mrs. Quincy
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Bernice Sadie Brown
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
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