Abbey Lincoln
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Aug 6, 1930 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
| 2024 | Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelf | |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | How It Feels to Be FreeSelf (archival footage) | |
| 2020 | 70 Years of Youth RevoltSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey LincolnSelf | |
| 1990 | Mo' Better BluesLillian Gilliam | |
| 1972 | Short Walk to DaylightDorella | |
| 1971 | All in the FamilyLaura Grant | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSelf | |
| 1968 | For Love of IvyIvy Moore | |
| 1968 | The Name of the GameClaudia Lee | |
| 1966 | Mission: ImpossibleMillie Webster | |
| 1964 | Nothing But a ManJosie | |
| 1956 | The Girl Can't Help ItHerself | |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen ShowSelf | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf |