Abbey Lincoln
- Acting
- August 6, 1930 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- August 14, 2010
Biography
Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincoln made a career not only out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards but writing and singing her own material.
Known for
Filmography
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat · Self
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · Self
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) · Self
- How It Feels to Be Free · Self
- 70 Years of Youth Revolt · Self
- Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln · Self
- Mo' Better Blues · Lillian Gilliam
- American Playhouse · Josie
- Short Walk to Daylight · Dorella
- Great Performances · Self
- All in the Family · Laura Grant
- The Name of the Game · Claudia Lee
- For Love of Ivy · Ivy Moore
- Mission: Impossible · Millie Webster
- Nothing But a Man · Josie
- The Girl Can't Help It · Self
- The Steve Allen Show · Self
- The Oscars · Self