Acting · Baltimore, Maryland, USA · Born August 13, 1917
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.
MoviePoitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
TVRoots: The Next Generations
1979
as Sister Will Ada Barnett
MovieThe Tap Dance Kid
1978
MovieRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Big Ma
TVRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Big Ma
MovieThe American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
as Sojourner Truth
MovieCry Panic
1974
as Ethel Hanson
MovieThe Migrants
1974
as Rose Daw
MovieBlack Girl
1972
as Mu' Dear
MovieMoon of the Wolf
1972
as Sara
MovieTo Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
MovieIncident in San Francisco
1971
as Odessa Carter
MovieThere Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Madam
MovieDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Josepha
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Josepha
TVThe Nurses
1962
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieA Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Lena Younger
MovieThe Last Angry Man
1959
as Mrs. Quincy
TVDuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Bernice Sadie Brown
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
