Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/13/1917
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Known For
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Unknown Role
The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter