Claudia McNeil
Department: 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.
Known For
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
Moon of the Wolf
1972
Black Girl
1972
The Last Angry Man
1959
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
Cry Panic
1974
Incident in San Francisco
1971
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
The Migrants
1974
The Nurses
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Roots: The Next Generations
1979