Claudia McNeil
Actor
- Born
- August 13, 1917 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Died
- November 25, 1993 (age 76)
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
A Raisin in the Sun
May 28, 1961
There Was a Crooked Man...
September 18, 1970
Moon of the Wolf
September 26, 1972
The Last Angry Man
October 22, 1959
Black Girl
November 9, 1972
The Migrants
February 3, 1974
Cry Panic
February 6, 1974
Incident in San Francisco
February 28, 1971
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
January 20, 1972
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
May 20, 1976
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
June 2, 1978
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
October 17, 1967
Acting14
- 2018Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
- 1978The Tap Dance Kid
- 1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Big Ma
- 1976The American Woman: Portraits of Courage as Sojourner Truth
- 1974Cry Panic as Ethel Hanson
- 1974The Migrants as Rose Daw
- 1972Black Girl as Mu' Dear
- 1972Moon of the Wolf as Sara
- 1972To Be Young, Gifted and Black
- 1971Incident in San Francisco as Odessa Carter