Actor

Claudia McNeil

Birthday: August 13, 1917

Born in: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

Movie Credits

Poitier's Walter Lee (2018) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 101
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978) as Big Ma
Age: 60
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976) as Sojourner Truth
Age: 58
Cry Panic (1974) as Ethel Hanson
Age: 56
The Migrants (1974) as Rose Daw
Age: 56
Black Girl (1972) as Mu' Dear
Age: 55
Moon of the Wolf (1972) as Sara
Age: 55
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Age: 54
Incident in San Francisco (1971) as Odessa Carter
Age: 53
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) as Madam
Age: 53
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967) as Josepha
Age: 50
A Raisin in the Sun (1961) as Lena Younger
Age: 43
The Last Angry Man (1959) as Mrs. Quincy
Age: 42