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