Claudia McNeil

Known for: Acting

Born: 1917-08-13 – 1993-11-25 (aged 76)

From: 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)

MOVIE
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 7.4
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Sister Will Ada Barnett
MOVIE
The Tap Dance Kid
1978
MOVIE★ 8.0
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Big Ma
TV★ 5.3
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Big Ma
MOVIE★ 7.0
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
as Sojourner Truth
MOVIE★ 6.9
Cry Panic
1974
as Ethel Hanson
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Migrants
1974
as Rose Daw
MOVIE★ 6.8
Black Girl
1972
as Mu' Dear
MOVIE★ 4.8
Moon of the Wolf
1972
as Sara
MOVIE★ 7.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
MOVIE★ 5.7
Incident in San Francisco
1971
as Odessa Carter
MOVIE★ 6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Madam
MOVIE★ 10.0
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Josepha
TV★ 7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Josepha
TV★ 5.8
The Nurses
1962
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Lena Younger
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Last Angry Man
1959
as Mrs. Quincy
TV★ 7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Bernice Sadie Brown
TV★ 7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self