
Claudia McNeil
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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
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
as Lena Younger

Black Girl (1972)
as Mu' Dear

The Migrants (1974)
as Rose Daw

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
as Madam

Moon of the Wolf (1972)
as Sara

Cry Panic (1974)
as Ethel Hanson

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978)
as Big Ma

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976)
as Sojourner Truth

Incident in San Francisco (1971)
as Odessa Carter

The Last Angry Man (1959)
as Mrs. Quincy

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)
as Josepha

To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Actor

Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)
as Self (archive footage)

The Tap Dance Kid (1978)
Actor





