Claudia McNeil

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.

Known For

A Raisin in the Sun

as Lena Younger

There Was a Crooked Man...

as Madam

Moon of the Wolf

as Sara

Roots: The Next Generations

as Sister Will Ada Barnett

The Last Angry Man

as Mrs. Quincy

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Black Girl

as Mu' Dear

The Migrants

as Rose Daw

Cry Panic

as Ethel Hanson

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self