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