Claudia McNeil

Aug 13, 1917 - Nov 25, 1993 (76 years old) in Baltimore, 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

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DuPont Show of the Month

Bernice Sadie Brown

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The Nurses

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Roots: The Next Generations

Sister Will Ada

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A Raisin in the Sun

Lena Younger

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There Was a Crooked Man...

Madam

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Big Ma

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Cry Panic

Ethel Hanson

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Moon of the Wolf

Sara

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The Migrants

Rose Daw

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Black Girl

Mu' Dear

Credits

Poitier's Walter Lee 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Roots: The Next Generations 1979

Sister Will Ada

★ 7.4
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 1978

Big Ma

★ 8
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage 1976

Sojourner Truth

★ NR
Cry Panic 1974

Ethel Hanson

★ 6.8
The Migrants 1974

Rose Daw

★ 5.7
Black Girl 1972

Mu' Dear

★ 6.1
Moon of the Wolf 1972

Sara

★ 4.7
To Be Young, Gifted and Black 1972

★ 5
Incident in San Francisco 1971

Odessa Carter

★ 6
There Was a Crooked Man... 1970

Madam

★ 6.8
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 1967

Josepha

★ NR
The Nurses 1962

★ 5
A Raisin in the Sun 1961

Lena Younger

★ 7.7
The Last Angry Man 1959

Mrs. Quincy

★ 6.9
DuPont Show of the Month 1957

Bernice Sadie Brown

★ 6.8