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