Search another movie
BornAugust 13, 1917
DiedNovember 25, 1993 (age 76)
Place of birthBaltimore, Maryland, USA
Film credits14
Claudia McNeil
DeceasedKnown for Acting
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.
Filmography
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Tap Dance Kid
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Big Ma
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
as Sojourner Truth
Cry Panic
1974
as Ethel Hanson
The Migrants
1974
as Rose Daw
Black Girl
1972
as Mu' Dear
Moon of the Wolf
1972
as Sara
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Incident in San Francisco
1971
as Odessa Carter
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
as Madam
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Josepha
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Lena Younger
The Last Angry Man
1959
as Mrs. Quincy