Claudia McNeil
Acting • Born 1917-08-13 – Died 1993-11-25
Acting1Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Filmography
19 credits
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Movie • 1976
Sojourner Truth
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie • 1970
Madam
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie • 1961
Lena Younger
Moon of the Wolf
Movie • 1972
Sara
Black Girl
Movie • 1972
Mu' Dear
The Last Angry Man
Movie • 1959
Mrs. Quincy
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Movie • 1978
Big Ma
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie • 1967
Josepha
Cry Panic
Movie • 1974
Ethel Hanson
Incident in San Francisco
Movie • 1971
Odessa Carter
Poitier's Walter Lee
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie • 1972
The Migrants
Movie • 1974
Rose Daw
The Nurses
TV • 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Bernice Sadie Brown
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
TV • 1978
Big Ma
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Sister Will Ada Barnett