About
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.
Filmography
Poitier's Walter Lee2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Tap Dance Kid1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry1978 · Big Ma
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage1976 · Sojourner Truth
Cry Panic1974 · Ethel Hanson
The Migrants1974 · Rose Daw
Black Girl1972 · Mu' Dear
Moon of the Wolf1972 · Sara
To Be Young, Gifted and Black1972
Incident in San Francisco1971 · Odessa Carter
There Was a Crooked Man...1970 · Madam
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night1967 · Josepha
A Raisin in the Sun1961 · Lena Younger
The Last Angry Man1959 · Mrs. Quincy