Actor
Claudia McNeil
August 13, 1917 · 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.
Often works with
Ruby Dee
4 titles together
A Raisin in the Sun, Roots: The Next Generations, Black Girl
Ivan Dixon
2 titles together
A Raisin in the Sun, CBS Playhouse
Henry Fonda
2 titles together
There Was a Crooked Man..., Roots: The Next Generations
Damu King
2 titles together
Roots: The Next Generations, Black Girl
Jason Wingreen
2 titles together
Cry Panic, CBS Playhouse
Janet MacLachlan
2 titles together
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Full filmography · 18
The Tap Dance Kid
cast
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
1978
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
1976
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
1974
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
1974
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
1972
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
19724.7
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
cast
1972
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
19706.8
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
1967
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
19617.7