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Claudia McNeil

Actress / Librarian / Musician / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 08/13/1917 († 76, 11/25/1993) | Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America (USA))
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. She was twice nominated for a Tony Award, first for her onstage performance in A Raisin in the Sun (1959), and again for the play Tiger Tiger Burning Bright in 1962. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for the screen version of A Raisin in the Sun in 1961. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Thriller

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An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter. ...

Black Girl

Certification unknown

1972 | 3.4/5 | 1h 37min
Drama
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Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets ...

A Raisin in the Sun

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1961 | 3.9/5 | 2h 8min
Drama, Romance / Love
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DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series ...

DuPont Show of the Month

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1957 | 3.0/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Drama, Comedy
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The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama which aired on CBS from September 27, 1962 to May 11, 1965. It was originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962; for the second season, the ...

The Nurses

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1962 | 2.5/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Claudia McNeil

2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Movies with Claudia McNeil as Actress(10)

as Sojourner Truth1976 The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Ethel Hanson1974 Cry Panic
as Rose Daw1974 The Migrants
as Sara1972 Moon of the Wolf
as Mu' Dear1972 Black Girl
1972 To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as Odessa Carter1971 Incident in San Francisco
as Madam1970 There Was a Crooked Man...
as Lena Younger1961 A Raisin in the Sun
as Mrs. Quincy1959 The Last Angry Man

TV Shows/Series with Claudia McNeil as Actress(3)

as Sister Will Ada1979 Roots: The Next Generations
1962 The Nurses
as Bernice Sadie Brown1957 DuPont Show of the Month

Full Name: Claudia McNeil
Born: Monday, 08/13 1917 (August) in Baltimore, Maryland (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 11/25 1993 (November) in Lillian Booth Actors Home (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Claudia McNeil frequently works together with these people:
Ruby Dee (3x, Actress)
Lorraine Hansberry (3x, Crew)
Ken Lauber (3x, Crew)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (2x, Crew)
Richard Thomas (2x, Actor)
Tom Gries (2x, Crew)
Bill Quinn (2x, Actor)
Gaby Monet (2x, Crew)
Daniel Petrie (2x, Crew)
Mari Gorman (2x, Actress)
Carl Anderson (2x, Crew)
Helen Hunt (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:492796, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024