Claudia McNeil
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 Raisin in the Sun
as Lena YoungerWalter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment...
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There Was a Crooked Man...
as MadamArizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular...
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Moon of the Wolf
as SaraAfter several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be...
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The Migrants
as Rose DawA look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family.
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The Last Angry Man
as Mrs. QuincyDr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own...
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Cry Panic
as Ethel HansonA man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect...
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Black Girl
as Mu' DearAn aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
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Incident in San Francisco
as Odessa CarterA man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the...
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
as uncreditedA mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished...
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as JosephaPeter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still...
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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Sojourner TruthDeveloped from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big Ma1978 movie starring Morgan Freeman. This movie is the shortened version that was released from...
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Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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The Nurses
as uncreditedThe Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama which aired on CBS from September 27, 1962 to...
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DuPont Show of the Month
as Bernice Sadie BrownDuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired...
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Roots: The Next Generations
as Sister Will AdaRoots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from...
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Big MaA three-part drama telling the story of a black girl and her family who try to hold onto their...
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