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
Credits
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
as Lena Younger
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
as Madam
Moon of the Wolf (1972)
as Sara
Cry Panic (1974)
as Ethel Hanson
Incident in San Francisco (1971)
as Odessa Carter
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976)
as Sojourner Truth
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Actor
The Last Angry Man (1959)
as Mrs. Quincy
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978)
as Big Ma
Black Girl (1972)
as Mu' Dear
The Migrants (1974)
as Rose Daw
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)
as Josepha
The Tap Dance Kid (1978)
Actor
Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)
as Self (archive footage)