Claudia McNeil
Known For
Acting
Born
1917-08-13 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died
1993-11-25
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.
Most Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
DuPont Show of the Month
as Bernice Sadie Brown
The Nurses
Roots: The Next Generations
as Sister Will Ada Barnett
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)