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Claudia McNeil

Acting

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.

Filmography

Poitier's Walter Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Roots: The Next Generations

as Sister Will Ada Barnett

The Tap Dance Kid

Cast

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

as Big Ma

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

as Big Ma

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

as Sojourner Truth

Cry Panic

as Ethel Hanson

The Migrants

as Rose Daw

Black Girl

as Mu' Dear

Moon of the Wolf

as Sara

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Cast

Incident in San Francisco

as Odessa Carter

There Was a Crooked Man...

as Madam

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

as Josepha

CBS Playhouse

as Josepha

The Nurses

Cast

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

A Raisin in the Sun

as Lena Younger

The Last Angry Man

as Mrs. Quincy

DuPont Show of the Month

as Bernice Sadie Brown

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self