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.

Filmography

• Roots: The Next Generations — Sister Will Ada Barnett
• 1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry — Big Ma
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry — Big Ma
• 1978The Tap Dance Kid
• 1976The American Woman: Portraits of Courage — Sojourner Truth
• 1974Cry Panic — Ethel Hanson
• 1974The Migrants — Rose Daw
• 1972Black Girl — Mu' Dear
• 1972Moon of the Wolf — Sara
• 1972To Be Young, Gifted and Black
• 1971Incident in San Francisco — Odessa Carter
• 1970There Was a Crooked Man... — Madam
• 1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night — Josepha
• CBS Playhouse — Josepha
• The Nurses
• 1961A Raisin in the Sun — Lena Younger
• 1959The Last Angry Man — Mrs. Quincy
• DuPont Show of the Month — Bernice Sadie Brown

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2018Poitier's Walter Lee — Self (archive footage)
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self