
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.

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