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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 13, 1917
Died
November 25, 1993
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Claudia McNeil
0.2 Popularity
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
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Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
7.5
Sister Will Ada Barnett
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
8.0
Big Ma
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
3.0
Big Ma
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
0.0
Sojourner Truth
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
6.8
Ethel Hanson
Cry Panic
1974
5.7
Rose Daw
The Migrants
1974
6.4
Mu' Dear
Black Girl
1972
4.7
Sara
Moon of the Wolf
1972
5.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Credits
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018
0.0
Roots: The Next Generations
as Sister Will Ada Barnett
1979
7.5
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
1978
8.0
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma
1978
3.0
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner Truth
1976
0.0
Cry Panic
as Ethel Hanson
1974
6.8
The Migrants
as Rose Daw
1974
5.7
Black Girl
as Mu' Dear
1972
6.4
Moon of the Wolf
as Sara
1972
4.7
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
5.0
Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa Carter
1971
3.5
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Madam
1970
6.8
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Josepha
1967
0.0
The Nurses
1962
4.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
1961
7.7
The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. Quincy
1959
6.9
DuPont Show of the Month
as Bernice Sadie Brown
1957
6.8
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0