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Claudia McNeil
Acting
🎂 August 13, 1917📍 Baltimore, Maryland, USA🕯️ November 25, 1993 · Age 76
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.
BODY OF WORK
Claudia McNeil's Filmography
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Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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The Tap Dance Kid
1978
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978⭐ 8.0
as Big Ma
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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976⭐ 7.0
as Sojourner Truth
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Cry Panic
1974⭐ 6.9
as Ethel Hanson
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The Migrants
1974⭐ 6.1
as Rose Daw
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Black Girl
1972⭐ 6.8
as Mu' Dear
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Moon of the Wolf
1972⭐ 4.7
as Sara
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972⭐ 7.0
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Incident in San Francisco
1971⭐ 5.7
as Odessa Carter
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There Was a Crooked Man...
1970⭐ 6.8
as Madam
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967⭐ 10.0
as Josepha
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A Raisin in the Sun
1961⭐ 7.7
as Lena Younger
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The Last Angry Man
1959⭐ 6.9
as Mrs. Quincy