Person

Claudia McNeil

Acting · 1917–1993 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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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  The Mike Douglas Show

  Self

• Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  Self

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  The Nurses

  1962

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  DuPont Show of the Month

  Bernice Sadie Brown

• CBS Playhouse

  Josepha

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  Roots: The Next Generations

  Sister Will Ada Barnett

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  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

  Big Ma

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  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

  Big Ma

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  A Raisin in the Sun

  Lena Younger

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  There Was a Crooked Man...

  Madam

• 2018Poitier's Walter LeeSelf (archive footage)
• 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsSister Will Ada Barnett
• 1978The Tap Dance Kid
• 1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryBig Ma
• 1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryBig Ma
• 1976The American Woman: Portraits of CourageSojourner Truth
• 1974Cry PanicEthel Hanson
• 1974The MigrantsRose Daw
• 1972Black GirlMu' Dear
• 1972Moon of the WolfSara
• 1972To Be Young, Gifted and Black
• 1971Incident in San FranciscoOdessa Carter
• 1970There Was a Crooked Man...Madam
• 1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightJosepha
• 1966CBS PlayhouseJosepha
• 1962The Nurses
• 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
• 1961A Raisin in the SunLena Younger
• 1959The Last Angry ManMrs. Quincy
• 1957DuPont Show of the MonthBernice Sadie Brown
• 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf