Claudia McNeil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 13, 1917
- Died
- November 25, 1993 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Poitier's Walter Lee
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Sister Will Ada Barnett · 1 ep
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Movie · as Big Ma
The Tap Dance Kid
Movie
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
TV · as Big Ma · 3 eps
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Movie · as Sojourner Truth
Cry Panic
Movie · as Ethel Hanson
The Migrants
Movie · as Rose Daw
Moon of the Wolf
Movie · as Sara
Black Girl
Movie · as Mu' Dear
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie
Incident in San Francisco
Movie · as Odessa Carter
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie · as Madam
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie · as Josepha
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Josepha · 1 ep
The Nurses
TV · 1 ep
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie · as Lena Younger
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Last Angry Man
Movie · as Mrs. Quincy
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Bernice Sadie Brown · 1 ep
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep