Claudia McNeil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 13, 1917
- Died
- November 25, 1993
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Filmography
Poitier's Walter Lee 2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Tap Dance Kid 1978
Actor
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 1978
as Big Ma
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage 1976
as Sojourner Truth
Cry Panic 1974
as Ethel Hanson
The Migrants 1974
as Rose Daw
Black Girl 1972
as Mu' Dear
Moon of the Wolf 1972
as Sara
To Be Young, Gifted and Black 1972
Actor
Incident in San Francisco 1971
as Odessa Carter
There Was a Crooked Man... 1970
as Madam
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 1967
as Josepha
A Raisin in the Sun 1961
as Lena Younger
The Last Angry Man 1959
as Mrs. Quincy
Credits from TMDB.