
Claudia McNeil
13Movies
8.0 Best Rating
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Poitier's Walter Lee | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Big Ma | HIT | |
| 1976 | The American Woman: Portraits of Courage | Sojourner Truth | FLOP | |
| 1974 | Cry Panic | Ethel Hanson | HIT | |
| 1974 | The Migrants | Rose Daw | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Black Girl | Mu' Dear | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Moon of the Wolf | Sara | FLOP | |
| 1972 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | - | FLOP | |
| 1971 | Incident in San Francisco | Odessa Carter | FLOP | |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Madam | HIT | |
| 1967 | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | Josepha | FLOP | |
| 1961 | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | HIT | |
| 1959 | The Last Angry Man | Mrs. Quincy | HIT |




