Clara McDaniel is a proud native San Franciscan with a reputation as one of the city’s sought-after actresses and vocalists. She recently retired as a para-educator with the San Francisco Unified School District. Clara is also a proud mother of three, grandmother of four, and has recently become a great-grandmother of one.
She is a member of Destiny Christian Fellowship Church located in Fremont, CA, and a member of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Golden Gate Section.
Clara has been seen and heard in numerous churches, stages, platforms, radio interviews, and movies throughout the Bay Area. Some of her works include the movie The Rapture and performances with the African American Shakespeare Company in Cinderella, The Colored Museum, and The Trial of One Shortsighted Black Woman. At the Lorraine Hansberry Theater, she has appeared in Black Nativity, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Black & Blue, Eubie Blake Review, and Waiting to be Invited. She has also been part of the Knox Performing Arts Program’s Hit It and Bayview Opera House’s Bessie. Her performances extend to the Oakland Opera, Asian Art Museum, and Juneteenth Festivals.
Clara’s contributions to the arts and her community have left an indelible mark on the San Francisco cultural landscape.
