Claudia McNeil
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.
Movie Appearances
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
1976
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
1970
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
1961
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
1972
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
1972
The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy
1959
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
1978
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
1967
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
1974
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
1971
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
1974
