Claudia McNeil
Birthday: 1917-08-13
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Movies
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical mom...
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There Was a Crooked Man...
A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of hi...
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A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with...
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Moon of the Wolf
After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing...
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Black Girl
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter....
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The Last Angry Man
Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn ne...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 movie starring Morgan Freeman. This movie is the shortened version that was released from the o...
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Peter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still physica...
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Cry Panic
A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that ...
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Incident in San Francisco
A man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim a...
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Poitier's Walter Lee
An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited....
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, l...
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