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.
Known For
A Raisin in the Sun
77%
Lena Younger
1961
Roots: The Next Generations
75%
Sister Will Ada Barnett
1979
The Last Angry Man
69%
Mrs. Quincy
1959
Black Girl
68%
Mu' Dear
1972
The Mike Douglas Show
58%
Self
1961
Cry Panic
69%
Ethel Hanson
1974
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
75%
Self
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
74%
Bernice Sadie Brown
1957
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
2018
Roots: The Next Generations
75%
Sister Will Ada Barnett
1979
The Tap Dance Kid
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
80%
Big Ma
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
53%
Big Ma
1978
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
70%
Sojourner Truth
1976
Cry Panic
69%
Ethel Hanson
1974
The Migrants
61%
Rose Daw
1974
Black Girl
68%
Mu' Dear
1972
Moon of the Wolf
47%
Sara
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
70%
1972
Incident in San Francisco
57%
Odessa Carter
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
68%
Madam
1970
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
100%
Josepha
1967
The Nurses
58%
Unknown
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
58%
Self
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
77%
Lena Younger
1961
The Last Angry Man
69%
Mrs. Quincy
1959
DuPont Show of the Month
74%
Bernice Sadie Brown
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
75%
Self
1957