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