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.
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Films (14)
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Tap Dance Kid
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · Big Ma
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976 · Sojourner Truth
Cry Panic
1974 · Ethel Hanson
The Migrants
1974 · Rose Daw
Black Girl
1972 · Mu' Dear
Moon of the Wolf
1972 · Sara
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Incident in San Francisco
1971 · Odessa Carter
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Madam
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · Josepha
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Lena Younger
The Last Angry Man
1959 · Mrs. Quincy
