Claudia McNeil

Claudia McNeil (Agusta 13,1917 - Nuwamba 25, 1993)yar wasan kwaikwayo Ba'amurke ce wacce aka sani don fara aikin matriar Lena Younger a duka mataki da kuma fitowar allo na A Raisin in the Sun.
Daga baya ta fito a cikin wani shiri na 1981 na sigar kidan wasan kwaikwayo,Raisin wanda gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Laburaren Equity ya gabatar.An zabe ta sau biyu don lambar yabo ta Tony,na farko don wasanta na kan mataki a cikin A Raisin in the Sun (1959),sannan kuma don wasan Tiger Tiger Burning Bright a 1962.Hakanan an zaɓe ta don lambar yabo ta Golden Globe da lambar yabo ta BAFTA don sigar allo ta Raisin in the Sun a cikin 1961.

 Rayuwa da aiki 
An haifi McNeil a Baltimore,Maryland, ga Marvin Spencer McNeil,wanda baƙar fata ce, da Annie Mae (Anderson) McNeil,mace Apache. Iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa birnin New York jim kaɗan bayan haihuwarta.Mahaifiyarta ce ta rene ta bayan mahaifinta ya bar gidan.Lokacin da yake da shekaru 12,McNeil ya fara aiki da Gidauniyar Heckscher don Yara. A can ta sadu da ma'aurata Yahudawa waɗanda daga baya suka karbe ta,  kuma McNeil ya zama ƙwararren Yiddish.
Ta zama ma'aikaciyar ɗakin karatu mai lasisi,amma ba da daɗewa ba ta fara rera waƙa a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na vaudeville,da yin wasan kwaikwayo a wuraren shakatawa na dare a Harlem,Kauyen Greenwich da kuma kan titin 52nd.McNeil kuma ya rera waka ga Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe a ziyarar ta ta Kudancin Amurka.[ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">abubuwan da ake bukata</span> ]
Ethel Waters ya ba ta shawarar ta fara wasan kwaikwayo,kuma ta fara wasanta na farko a New York a 1953,tana karatun Jacqueline Andre a cikin rawar Tituba a cikin The Crucible a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Martin Beck .  Ta fara ci gaba a cikin rawar a tsakiyar Maris 1953.Shekaru hudu bayan haka,Langston Hughes ya zaɓe ta don yin waƙa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗan sa mai sauƙi .Ta sami babban yabo akan wannan rawar.[ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">abubuwan da ake bukata</span> ]