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A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun (1961) Full Cast & Crew

1961Movie"The prize-winning drama that warms the screen with its people and its passions..."

Cast

S
Sidney Poitier
as Walter Lee Younger
C
Claudia McNeil
as Lena Younger
R
Ruby Dee
as Ruth Younger
D
Diana Sands
as Beneatha Younger
I
Ivan Dixon
as Asagai
J
John Fiedler
as Mark Lindner
L
Louis Gossett Jr.
as George Murchison
S
Stephen Perry
as Travis Younger
J
Joel Fluellen
as Bobo
L
Louis Terrel
as Herman
R
Roy Glenn
as Willie Harris
G
George DeNormand
as Employer (uncredited)
B
Bob Sweeney
as Insurance Company Agent (uncredited)
T
Thomas D. Jones
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
R
Rudolph Monroe
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
R
Ray Stubbs
as Bartender (uncredited)
D
David Susskind
as On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

Crew

D
Daniel Petrie
Director
L
Lorraine Hansberry
Screenplay
L
Lorraine Hansberry
Theatre Play
R
Ronald H. Gilbert
Producer
D
David Susskind
Producer
L
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
C
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
W
William A. Lyon
Editor
P
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
C
Carl Anderson
Art Direction
L
Louis Diage
Set Decoration
H
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
B
Ben Lane
Makeup Artist
G
George Cooper
Sound
C
Charles J. Rice
Sound
R
Richard H. Kline
Camera Operator
A
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
S
Sam Nelson
Assistant Director
S
Stephen Shalom
Executive Producer
P
Philip Rose
Producer