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Claudia McNeil (August 13, 1917 – November 25, 1993) 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.
Claudia McNeil was born on 13 August 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Black Girl (1972) and The DuPont Show of the Month (1957). She was married to Herman McCoy and Henry Smith. She died on 25 November 1993 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
Nov 30, 1993 · Claudia McNeil, a character actress best known for her stage and screen role as Sidney Poitier’s mother in “Raisin in the Sun,” has died. She was 77. Miss McNeil died Thursday in the Actors...
Nov 29, 1993 · Claudia McNeil, an actress known for her performances in stage and screen productions of "A Raisin in the Sun," died on Thursday in the Actors Fund Nursing Home in Englewood, N.J.
Claudia McNeil was born on August 13, 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Black Girl (1972) and The DuPont Show of the Month (1957). She was married to Herman McCoy and Henry Smith. She died on November 25, 1993 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
Nov 25, 2008 · Claudia McNeil is best remembered for her laudatory performance as the matriarch in the stage and screen versions of Lorraine Hansberry’s widely-acclaimed play A Raisin in the Sun (1961). McNeil was born in 1917 in Baltimore, Maryland to Marvin Spencer McNeil and Annie Mae Anderson McNeil.
A Raisin in the Sun: Directed by Daniel Petrie. With Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands. A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
Nov 29, 1993 · Claudia McNeil, known for her stage and screen performances in “A Raisin in the Sun,” has died, The New York Times reported on Monday. She was 77.
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.
A nightclub singer before making her off-Broadway debut in Langston Hughes' Simply Heavenly (1957), Claudia McNeil is best known for her role as Lena Younger in A Raisin in the Sun (1959), the Lorraine Hansberry drama about a struggling black family that won the Drama Critics' Circle Best Play award and ran on Broadway for three years.
