Acting
Claudia McNeil
Birth Date
August 13, 1917
Death Date
November 25, 1993
(passed away at 76)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Popularity
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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.
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961 • 1 episode
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957 • 1 episode
The Nurses
1962 • 1 episode
Roots: The Next Generations
Sister Will Ada Barnett
1979 • 1 episode
DuPont Show of the Month
Bernice Sadie Brown
1957 • 1 episode
CBS Playhouse
Josepha
1966 • 1 episode
There Was a Crooked Man...
Madam
1970
A Raisin in the Sun
Lena Younger
1961
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma
1978 • 3 episodes
Moon of the Wolf
Sara
1972
Black Girl
Mu' Dear
1972
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Josepha
1967
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Sojourner Truth
1976
The Last Angry Man
Mrs. Quincy
1959
Cry Panic
Ethel Hanson
1974
The Migrants
Rose Daw
1974
Incident in San Francisco
Odessa Carter
1971
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma
1978
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
2018