Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 13, 1917
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Claudia McNeil
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.
Known For - Movies
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
