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