Abbey Lincoln
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday6 August 1930
Died14 August 2010 (age 80)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Known credits18
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.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Self (archival footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005 · Self
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Lillian Gilliam
American Playhouse
1982 · Josie
Short Walk to Daylight
1972 · Dorella
Great Performances
1971 · Self
All in the Family
1971 · Laura Grant
The Name of the Game
1968 · Claudia Lee
For Love of Ivy
1968 · Ivy Moore
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Millie Webster
Nothing But a Man
1964 · Josie
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 · Herself
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
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