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
There Was a Crooked Man...
(1970)
Madam
A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
Lena Younger
Moon of the Wolf
(1972)
Sara
Full Filmography
Acting
The Last Angry Man
(1959)
Mrs. Quincy
A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
Lena Younger
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
(1967)
Josepha
There Was a Crooked Man...
(1970)
Madam
Incident in San Francisco
(1971)
Odessa Carter
Moon of the Wolf
(1972)
Sara
Black Girl
(1972)
Mu' Dear
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
(1972)
Cry Panic
(1974)
Ethel Hanson
The Migrants
(1974)
Rose Daw
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
(1976)
Sojourner Truth
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
(1978)
Big Ma
Poitier's Walter Lee
(2018)
Self (archive footage)