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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. A Raisin in the Sun (1961) — Lena Younger
2. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) — Madam
3. Moon of the Wolf (1972) — Sara
4. Roots: The Next Generations (1979) — Sister Will Ada Barnett
5. The Last Angry Man (1959) — Mrs. Quincy
6. Black Girl (1972) — Mu' Dear
7. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
8. The Migrants (1974) — Rose Daw
9. Cry Panic (1974) — Ethel Hanson
10. Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) — Self
11. DuPont Show of the Month (1957) — Bernice Sadie Brown
12. Incident in San Francisco (1971) — Odessa Carter
13. The Nurses (1962)
14. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978) — Big Ma
15. To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
16. CBS Playhouse (1966) — Josepha
17. The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976) — Sojourner Truth
18. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978) — Big Ma
19. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967) — Josepha
20. Poitier's Walter Lee (2018) — Self (archive footage)
21. The Tap Dance Kid (1978)