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Claudia McNeil
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, R...
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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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A Raisin in the Sun1961 · Lena Younger3.8
There Was a Crooked Man...1970 · Madam3.4
The Last Angry Man1959 · Mrs. Quincy3.5
Moon of the Wolf1972 · Sara2.4
Black Girl1972 · Mu' Dear3.4
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night1967 · Josepha5.0
Cry Panic1974 · Ethel Hanson3.5
The Migrants1974 · Rose Daw3.1
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry1978 · Big Ma4.0
To Be Young, Gifted and Black1972 · Cast3.5
Incident in San Francisco1971 · Odessa Carter2.8
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage1976 · Sojourner Truth3.5
The Tap Dance Kid1978 · Cast
Poitier's Walter Lee2018 · Self (archive footage)