Claudia McNeil
- Acting
- August 13, 1917 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- November 25, 1993
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
Filmography
- Poitier's Walter Lee · Self
- Roots: The Next Generations · Sister Will Ada Barnett
- The Tap Dance Kid
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry · Big Ma
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry · Big Ma
- The American Woman: Portraits of Courage · Sojourner Truth
- Cry Panic · Ethel Hanson
- The Migrants · Rose Daw
- Black Girl · Mu' Dear
- Moon of the Wolf · Sara
- To Be Young, Gifted and Black
- Incident in San Francisco · Odessa Carter
- There Was a Crooked Man... · Madam
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night · Josepha
- CBS Playhouse · Josepha
- The Nurses
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- A Raisin in the Sun · Lena Younger
- The Last Angry Man · Mrs. Quincy
- DuPont Show of the Month · Bernice Sadie Brown
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Self