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.

Known For

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

20 May, 1976

There Was a Crooked Man...

18 September, 1970

A Raisin in the Sun

28 May, 1961

Moon of the Wolf

26 September, 1972

Black Girl

9 November, 1972

The Last Angry Man

22 October, 1959

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

2 June, 1978

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

17 October, 1967

Cry Panic

6 February, 1974

Incident in San Francisco

28 February, 1971

Poitier's Walter Lee

25 September, 2018

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

20 January, 1972

The Migrants

4 February, 1974

The Nurses

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

DuPont Show of the Month

1957

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

1978

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957