Abbey Lincoln
1930-08-06 (1930)Chicago, Illinois, USAActing
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
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
The Oscars
TV • 1953
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
All in the Family
TV • 1971
70 Years of Youth Revolt
TV • 2020
Mo' Better Blues
MOVIE • 1990
Nothing But a Man
MOVIE • 1964
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
MOVIE • 2024
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
MOVIE • 2021
The Girl Can't Help It
MOVIE • 1956
For Love of Ivy
MOVIE • 1968
Short Walk to Daylight
MOVIE • 1972
How It Feels to Be Free
MOVIE • 2021
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
MOVIE • 2023
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
MOVIE • 2005