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Claudia McNeil

Claudia McNeil
  • Name: Claudia McNeil
  • Birthday: 1917-08-13
  • Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Popularity: 0.837
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.

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Title Release date
Poitier's Walter Lee   as  Self (archive footage) 2018-09-25
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry   as  Big Ma 1978-06-02
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage   as  Sojourner Truth 1976-05-20
Cry Panic   as  Ethel Hanson 1974-02-06
The Migrants   as  Rose Daw 1974-02-04
Black Girl   as  Mu' Dear 1972-11-09
Moon of the Wolf   as  Sara 1972-09-26
To Be Young, Gifted and Black 1972-01-20
Incident in San Francisco   as  Odessa Carter 1971-02-28
There Was a Crooked Man...   as  Madam 1970-09-18
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night   as  Josepha 1967-10-17
A Raisin in the Sun   as  Lena Younger 1961-05-28
The Last Angry Man   as  Mrs. Quincy 1959-10-22