Claudia McNeil
Acting
Born: 1917-08-13 in Baltimore, 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.
Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
The Nurses
Roots: The Next Generations
Sister Will Ada Barnett
DuPont Show of the Month
Bernice Sadie Brown
There Was a Crooked Man...
Madam
A Raisin in the Sun
Lena Younger
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma
Moon of the Wolf
Sara
The Migrants
Rose Daw
Black Girl
Mu' Dear
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Sojourner Truth
Cry Panic
Ethel Hanson
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Josepha
The Last Angry Man
Mrs. Quincy
Incident in San Francisco
Odessa Carter
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
The Tap Dance Kid
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)