Claudia McNeil
Known for ActingBorn 1917-08-13 — died 1993-11-25Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Known for
The Migrants
1974 · as Rose Daw
Moon of the Wolf
1972 · as Sara
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · as Madam
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · as Lena Younger
Black Girl
1972 · as Mu' Dear
The Last Angry Man
1959 · as Mrs. Quincy
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976 · as Sojourner Truth
Cry Panic
1974 · as Ethel Hanson
Incident in San Francisco
1971 · as Odessa Carter
The Tap Dance Kid
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · as Big Ma
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · as Josepha
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · as Self (archive footage)