ActingBorn: 1917-08-13 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

Claudia McNeil

Featured Movies (14)

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

A Raisin in the Sun

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

To Be Young, Gifted and Black

The Last Angry Man

Cry Panic

There Was a Crooked Man...

Black Girl

The Migrants

Incident in San Francisco

Moon of the Wolf

Poitier's Walter Lee

The Tap Dance Kid

Television & Series (6)

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Roots: The Next Generations

DuPont Show of the Month

The Nurses

The Mike Douglas Show

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry