Claudia McNeil

Claudia McNeil

出生 : 1917-08-13, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

死亡 : 1993-11-25

略歴

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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Claudia McNeil

参加作品

Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
An interview with film scholar Mia Mask, co-editor of Poitier Revisited.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Big Ma
1978 movie starring Morgan Freeman. This movie is the shortened version that was released from the original 3 part mini series back in 1978.
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Sojourner Truth
Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical moments and women who fought for equality and freedom over the span of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Cry Panic
Ethel Hanson
A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.
The Migrants
Rose Daw
A look at the lives of migratory farm workers, focusing on one family.
Black Girl
Mu' Dear
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Moon of the Wolf
Sara
After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished writings, letters, and diaries.
Incident in San Francisco
Odessa Carter
A man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim and witnesses fail to corroborate his story. A young reporter believes the man and tries to find out why the parties involved are trying to frame him.
大脱獄
Madam
Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
A Raisin in the Sun
Lena Younger
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 an unexpected financial windfall.
The Last Angry Man
Mrs. Quincy
Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journalist Myron, writes an article about him, it draws the attention of a producer, Woodrow Thrasher, who believes Dr. Abelman a good candidate for a TV show. The doctor, however, is suspicious of the whole enterprise, thinking both Myron and Thrasher are simply out to make a fast buck.