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

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

1978 ⭐ 8.0

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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

1976 ⭐ 7.0

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Cry Panic

1974 ⭐ 6.9

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The Migrants

1974 ⭐ 6.1

Career timeline

2018

Poitier's Walter Lee

Self (archive footage) · 2018

1978

The Tap Dance Kid

1978

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Notable

Big Ma · 1978

⭐ 8.0

1976

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage Notable

Sojourner Truth · 1976

⭐ 7.0

1974

Cry Panic

Ethel Hanson · 1974

⭐ 6.9

The Migrants

Rose Daw · 1974

⭐ 6.1

1972

Black Girl

Mu' Dear · 1972

⭐ 6.8

Moon of the Wolf

Sara · 1972

⭐ 4.8

To Be Young, Gifted and Black Notable

1972

⭐ 7.0

1971

Incident in San Francisco

Odessa Carter · 1971

⭐ 5.7

1970

There Was a Crooked Man...

Madam · 1970

⭐ 6.8

1967

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Notable

Josepha · 1967

⭐ 10.0

1961

A Raisin in the Sun Notable

Lena Younger · 1961

⭐ 7.7

1959

The Last Angry Man

Mrs. Quincy · 1959

⭐ 6.9

Frequently appears with

Janet MacLachlan

Mary Logan

Robert Christian

David Logan

Larry B. Scott

T.J.

Roy Poole

Granger

Patricia Neal

Narrator

Walter Abel

Judge

Helen Gallagher

Mary Harris Jones

Full filmography

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Poitier's Walter Lee

2018

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The Tap Dance Kid

1978

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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

1978 ⭐ 8.0

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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

1976 ⭐ 7.0

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Cry Panic

1974 ⭐ 6.9

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The Migrants

1974 ⭐ 6.1

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Black Girl

1972 ⭐ 6.8

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Moon of the Wolf

1972 ⭐ 4.8

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To Be Young, Gifted and Black

1972 ⭐ 7.0

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Incident in San Francisco

1971 ⭐ 5.7

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There Was a Crooked Man...

1970 ⭐ 6.8

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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

1967 ⭐ 10.0

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A Raisin in the Sun

1961 ⭐ 7.7

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The Last Angry Man

1959 ⭐ 6.9