Cast
Claudia McNeil
Acting
Cast
Claudia McNeil
Known for
Acting
Born
1917-08-13
From
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died
1993-11-25
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.
★6.8
MOVIE1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
★7.7
MOVIE1961
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
★4.8
MOVIE1972
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
★6.9
MOVIE1959
The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy
★6.8
MOVIE1972
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
★10.0
MOVIE1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
★8.0
MOVIE1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
★6.1
MOVIE1974
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
MOVIE2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1976
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
MOVIE1978
The Tap Dance Kid
★5.7
MOVIE1971
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
★6.9
MOVIE1974
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
★7.0
MOVIE1972