
Acting
Born August 13, 1917 · 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.

Poitier's Walter Lee
2018

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976

Cry Panic
1974

The Migrants
1974

Black Girl
1972

Moon of the Wolf
1972

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972

Incident in San Francisco
1971

There Was a Crooked Man...
1970

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967

A Raisin in the Sun
1961

The Last Angry Man
1959