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Claudia McNeil

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: Acting

Born: Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1917-08-13

Died: 1993-11-25

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	The Last Angry Man	Mrs. Quincy	69
2	1961	A Raisin in the Sun	Lena Younger	77
3	1967	Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night	Josepha	0
4	1970	There Was a Crooked Man...	Madam	68
5	1971	Incident in San Francisco	Odessa Carter	35
6	1972	To Be Young, Gifted and Black		50
7	1972	Moon of the Wolf	Sara	46
8	1972	Black Girl	Mu' Dear	61
9	1974	The Migrants	Rose Daw	57
10	1974	Cry Panic	Ethel Hanson	68
11	1976	The American Woman: Portraits of Courage	Sojourner Truth	0
12	1978	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Big Ma	80
13	2018	Poitier's Walter Lee	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
2	1957	DuPont Show of the Month	Bernice Sadie Brown	68
3	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
4	1962	The Nurses		50
5	1978	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Big Ma	30
6	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Sister Will Ada	75