Claudia McNeil
August 13, 1917 (107 years old) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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
Credits
- 2018 · Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Sister Will Ada
- 1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Big Ma
- 1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Big Ma
- 1976 · The American Woman: Portraits of Courage as Sojourner Truth
- 1974 · Cry Panic as Ethel Hanson
- 1974 · The Migrants as Rose Daw
- 1972 · Black Girl as Mu' Dear
- 1972 · Moon of the Wolf as Sara
- 1972 · To Be Young, Gifted and Black as
- 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
- 1962 · The Nurses as
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · A Raisin in the Sun as Lena Younger
- 1959 · The Last Angry Man as Mrs. Quincy
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as Bernice Sadie Brown
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self