Claudia McNeil
Acting
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.
As actor 21
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Nurses
1962
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
CBS Playhouse
1966
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
There Was a Crooked Man...
1970
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
The Last Angry Man
1959
The Migrants
1974
Moon of the Wolf
1972
Black Girl
1972
Incident in San Francisco
1971
Cry Panic
1974
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
The Tap Dance Kid
1978