Claudia McNeil
Acting Born Aug 13, 1917 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21 credits
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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Full filmography
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Sister Will Ada Barnett
- DuPont Show of the Month (1957) as Bernice Sadie Brown
- CBS Playhouse (1966) as Josepha
- The Nurses (1962)
- A Raisin in the Sun (1961) as Lena Younger
- The Migrants (1974) as Rose Daw
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978) as Big Ma
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) as Madam
- Moon of the Wolf (1972) as Sara
- Cry Panic (1974) as Ethel Hanson
- Black Girl (1972) as Mu' Dear
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978) as Big Ma
- Incident in San Francisco (1971) as Odessa Carter
- The Last Angry Man (1959) as Mrs. Quincy
- The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976) as Sojourner Truth
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967) as Josepha
- Poitier's Walter Lee (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
- The Tap Dance Kid (1978)