Claudia McNeil

Claudia McNeil

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

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · TV

as Self

1962 · TV

Roots: The Next Generations

1979 · TV

as Sister Will Ada Barnett

DuPont Show of the Month

1957 · TV

as Bernice Sadie Brown

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970 · Movie

as Madam

A Raisin in the Sun

1961 · Movie

as Lena Younger

Moon of the Wolf

1972 · Movie

as Sara

The Last Angry Man

1959 · Movie

as Mrs. Quincy

1972 · Movie

as Mu' Dear

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

1967 · Movie

as Josepha

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

1978 · Movie

as Big Ma

1974 · Movie

as Rose Daw

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018 · Movie

as Self (archive footage)

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

1976 · Movie

as Sojourner Truth

The Tap Dance Kid

1978 · Movie

Incident in San Francisco

1971 · Movie

as Odessa Carter

1974 · Movie

as Ethel Hanson

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

1978 · TV

as Big Ma

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972 · Movie