Abbey Lincoln
Acting
August 6, 1930 — August 14, 2010Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Acting18
movieSoundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieHow It Feels to Be Free
2021
Self (archival footage)
tv70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieMo' Better Blues
1990
Lillian Gilliam
tvAll in the Family
1971
Laura Grant
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Claudia Lee
movieFor Love of Ivy
1968
Ivy Moore
tvMission: Impossible
1966
Millie Webster
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self