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