A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

★ 7.7 2h 8m IMDb

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.

A Raisin in the Sun

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Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger Died 2022 · Miami, Florida, USA Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy...
Claudia McNeil
Claudia McNeil as Lena Younger Died 1993 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA 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...
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger Died 2014 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and f...
Diana Sands
Diana Sands as Beneatha Younger Died 1973 · The Bronx, New York, USA Diana Patricia Sands was an American actress, perhaps most known for her portrayal of Beneatha Younger, the sister of Sidney Poitier's character in the original stage and film versions of Lorraine Han...
Ivan Dixon
Ivan Dixon as Asagai Died 2008 · Harlem, New York, USA Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and for his starring roles in the 1964 independent drama Nothi...
John Fiedler
John Fiedler as Mark Lindner Died 2005 · Platteville, Wisconsin, USA John Donald Fielder (February 3, 1925 - June 25, 2005) was an American actor. The son of an Irish-German beer salesman, Fiedler knew he wanted to be an actor from the childhood days when he had a full...

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