Claudia McNeil

Personal Info

Birthday

August 13, 1917

Day of Death

1993-11-25

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Claudia McNeil

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.

Known For

DuPont Show of the Month

Roots: The Next Generations

There Was a Crooked Man...

A Raisin in the Sun

Moon of the Wolf

Cry Panic

Black Girl

The Last Angry Man

Filmography

2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
1976
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
1974
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
1972
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
1971
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
1959
The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy