Claudia McNeil
Acting
1917-08-13 · Baltimore, 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.
Filmography(21)
moviePoitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage) · 2018 · 0.0
tvRoots: The Next Generations
as Sister Will Ada Barnett · 1979 · 7.4
movieThe Tap Dance Kid
as · 1978 · 0.0
movieRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma · 1978 · 8.0
tvRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma · 1978 · 5.3
movieThe American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth · 1976 · 7.0
movieCry Panic
as Ethel Hanson · 1974 · 6.9
movieThe Migrants
as Rose Daw · 1974 · 6.1
movieBlack Girl
as Mu' Dear · 1972 · 6.8
movieMoon of the Wolf
as Sara · 1972 · 4.8
movieTo Be Young, Gifted and Black
as · 1972 · 7.0
movieIncident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter · 1971 · 5.7
movieThere Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam · 1970 · 6.8
movieDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha · 1967 · 10.0
tvCBS Playhouse
as Josepha · 1966 · 7.0
tvThe Nurses
as · 1962 · 5.8
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961 · 5.8
movieA Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger · 1961 · 7.7
movieThe Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy · 1959 · 6.9
tvDuPont Show of the Month
as Bernice Sadie Brown · 1957 · 7.4
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1957 · 7.5