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Claudia McNeil

Aug 13, 1917 (107 years old) in 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.

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

DuPont Show of the Month

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Roots: The Next Generations

The Nurses

Credits

2018 · Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Sister Will Ada
1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Big Ma
1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Big Ma
1976 · The American Woman: Portraits of Courage as Sojourner Truth
1974 · Cry Panic as Ethel Hanson
1974 · The Migrants as Rose Daw
1972 · Black Girl as Mu' Dear
1972 · Moon of the Wolf as Sara
1972 · To Be Young, Gifted and Black as
1971 · Incident in San Francisco as Odessa Carter
1970 · There Was a Crooked Man... as Madam
1967 · Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night as Josepha
1962 · The Nurses as
1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961 · A Raisin in the Sun as Lena Younger
1959 · The Last Angry Man as Mrs. Quincy
1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as Bernice Sadie Brown
1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self