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Claudia McNeil
Acting
13 Aug 1917
† 25 Nov 1993
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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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Claudia McNeil's Movies
77%
A Raisin in the Sun
28 May 1961
68%
There Was a Crooked Man...
18 Sept 1970
47%
Moon of the Wolf
26 Sept 1972
69%
The Last Angry Man
22 Oct 1959
64%
Black Girl
09 Nov 1972
57%
The Migrants
03 Feb 1974
68%
Cry Panic
06 Feb 1974
35%
Incident in San Francisco
28 Feb 1971
80%
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
02 Jun 1978
50%
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
20 Jan 1972
0%
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
20 May 1976
0%
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
17 Oct 1967
0%
Poitier's Walter Lee
25 Sept 2018
