Claudia McNeil
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.
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Acting Credits
Acting
Movie
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
1961
Movie
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
1970
Movie
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
1972
TV
Roots: The Next Generations
as Sister Will Ada Barnett
1979
Movie
The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy
1959
Movie
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
1972
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Movie
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
1974
Movie
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
1974
TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
TV
DuPont Show of the Month
as Bernice Sadie Brown
1957
Movie
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
1971
TV
The Nurses
1962
TV
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
1978
Movie
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
TV
CBS Playhouse
as Josepha
1966
Movie
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
1976
Movie
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
1978
Movie
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
1967
Movie
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Movie
The Tap Dance Kid
1978