- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 6, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- August 14, 2010
Abbey Lincoln
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.
Filmography
movieSoundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieMax Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Self
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)
movieGreat Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005 · Self
movieMo' Better Blues
1990 · Lillian Gilliam
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Josie
movieShort Walk to Daylight
1972 · Dorella
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
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
movieNothing But a Man
1964 · Josie
movieThe Girl Can't Help It
1956 · Herself
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self