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Claudia McNeil
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…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2018
Poitier's Walter Lee
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1979
Roots: The Next Generations
TV show Sister Will Ada Barnett
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1978
The Tap Dance Kid
Movie
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1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
TV show Big Ma
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1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Movie Big Ma
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1976
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Movie Sojourner Truth
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1974
Cry Panic
Movie Ethel Hanson
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1974
The Migrants
Movie Rose Daw
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1972
Black Girl
Movie Mu' Dear
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1972
Moon of the Wolf
Movie Sara
- 1972
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1971
Incident in San Francisco
Movie Odessa Carter
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1970
There Was a Crooked Man...
Movie Madam
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1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie Josepha
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1966
CBS Playhouse
TV show Josepha
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1962
The Nurses
TV show
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie Lena Younger
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1959
The Last Angry Man
Movie Mrs. Quincy
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1957
DuPont Show of the Month
TV show Bernice Sadie Brown
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1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV show Self
