Abbey Lincoln
Acting · 80 years old
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
All in the Family
Laura Grant
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible
Millie Webster
Nothing But a Man
Josie
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
Self
The Name of the Game
Claudia Lee
Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
The Girl Can't Help It
Herself
Short Walk to Daylight
Dorella
For Love of Ivy
Ivy Moore
Great Performances
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Self