
Claudia McNeil
Acting
Born 1917-08-13 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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

10.0
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · Movie

7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Movie

6.8
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970 · Movie

8.0
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · Movie

6.9
The Last Angry Man
1959 · Movie

6.9
Cry Panic
1974 · Movie

7.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972 · Movie

7.0
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976 · Movie

6.1
The Migrants
1974 · Movie

6.8
Black Girl
1972 · Movie

4.8
Moon of the Wolf
1972 · Movie

5.7
Incident in San Francisco
1971 · Movie

Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 · Movie