Claudia McNeil
Acting
Born 1917-08-13
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
Popular credits
A Raisin in the Sun
Lena Younger
There Was a Crooked Man...
Madam
Moon of the Wolf
Sara
Roots: The Next Generations
Sister Will Ada Barnett
The Last Angry Man
Mrs. Quincy
Black Girl
Mu' Dear
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Migrants
Rose Daw
Cry Panic
Ethel Hanson
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
DuPont Show of the Month
Bernice Sadie Brown
Incident in San Francisco
Odessa Carter
The Nurses
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Sojourner Truth
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Josepha
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)