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Claudia McNeil
Born · August 13, 1917
Died · November 25, 1993 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Bio
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.
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2018
Roots: The Next Generations
Sister Will Ada · (7 episodes)
7.4
1979
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma
8.0
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma · (3 episodes)
5.0
1978
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Sojourner Truth
0.0
1976
Cry Panic
Ethel Hanson
6.8
1974
The Migrants
Rose Daw
5.7
1974
Black Girl
Mu' Dear
7.0
1972
Moon of the Wolf
Sara
4.7
1972
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
5.0
1972
Incident in San Francisco
Odessa Carter
6.0
1971
There Was a Crooked Man...
Madam
6.8
1970
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Josepha
0.0
1967
The Nurses
(1 episode)
5.0
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Lena Younger
7.7
1961
The Last Angry Man
Mrs. Quincy
6.9
1959
DuPont Show of the Month
Bernice Sadie Brown · (1 episode)
6.7
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1957