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Claudia McNeil

Born: 1917-08-13

From: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

About: 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.


Film credits:

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