Claudia McNeil
Birthday
1917/08/13
Day of death
1993/11/25 (76 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1976) The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
(1970) There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
(1961) A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
(1972) Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
(1972) Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
(1959) The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy
(1978) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
(1967) Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
(1974) Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
(1971) Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
(2018) Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as ---
(1974) The Migrants
as Rose Daw
(1962) The Nurses
as ---
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as Bernice Sadie Brown
(1979) Roots: The Next Generations
as Sister Will Ada
(1978) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self