Claudia McNeil
Known for
Acting
Life
1917 – 1993 (aged 76)
Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Credits
View on IMDb18 acting credits
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
A Raisin in the Sun
28 May 1961
There Was a Crooked Man...
18 Sep 1970
Moon of the Wolf
26 Sep 1972
Roots: The Next Generations
18 Feb 1979
The Last Angry Man
22 Oct 1959
Black Girl
09 Nov 1972
The Migrants
03 Feb 1974
Cry Panic
06 Feb 1974
Filmography
1979
- Roots: The Next Generationsas Sister Will Ada Barnett1 episode
1978
- The Tap Dance Kid
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cryas Big Ma
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cryas Big Ma3 episodes
1976
- The American Woman: Portraits of Courageas Sojourner Truth
1974
- Cry Panicas Ethel Hanson
- The Migrantsas Rose Daw
1972
- Black Girlas Mu' Dear
- Moon of the Wolfas Sara
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1971
- Incident in San Franciscoas Odessa Carter
1970
- There Was a Crooked Man...as Madam
1967
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Nightas Josepha
1966
- CBS Playhouseas Josepha1 episode
1962
- The Nurses1 episode
1961
- A Raisin in the Sunas Lena Younger
1959
- The Last Angry Manas Mrs. Quincy
1957
- DuPont Show of the Monthas Bernice Sadie Brown1 episode