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Claudia McNeil

Claudia McNeil

Acting
1917(USA)-1993
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.

Acts in

  • The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
  • There Was a Crooked Man...
  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • Moon of the Wolf
  • Black Girl
  • The Last Angry Man
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
  • Cry Panic
  • Incident in San Francisco
  • Poitier's Walter Lee
  • To Be Young, Gifted and Black
  • The Migrants