Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
August 13, 1917
Died
November 25, 1993
Age
76
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Popularity
0.6
Claudia McNeil
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.
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Known For
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV
7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · TV
5.8
The Nurses
1962 · TV
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · TV
7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966 · TV
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · TV
6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Movie
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Movie
5.3
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · TV
4.7
Moon of the Wolf
1972 · Movie
7.0
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976 · Movie
6.9
Cry Panic
1974 · Movie
Filmography
2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
Movie · Self (archive footage)
0.0
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · Sister Will Ada Barnett
7.5
1978
The Tap Dance Kid
Movie
0.0
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Movie · Big Ma
8.0
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
TV · Big Ma
5.3
1976
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Movie · Sojourner Truth
7.0
1974
Cry Panic
Movie · Ethel Hanson
6.9
1974
The Migrants
Movie · Rose Daw
6.1
1972
Black Girl
Movie · Mu' Dear
6.8
1972
Moon of the Wolf
Movie · Sara
4.7
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Movie
7.0
1971
Incident in San Francisco
Movie · Odessa Carter
5.7
1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie · Madam
6.8
1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie · Josepha
10.0
1966
CBS Playhouse
TV · Josepha
7.0
1962
The Nurses
TV
5.8
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · Self
5.8
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie · Lena Younger
7.7
1959
The Last Angry Man
Movie · Mrs. Quincy
6.9
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · Bernice Sadie Brown
7.4
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · Self
7.5