Claudia McNeil
Acting
August 13, 1917
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Movies
The Last Angry Man
1959
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Black Girl
1972
Cry Panic
1974
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
Moon of the Wolf
1972
The Migrants
1974
Incident in San Francisco
1971
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
