Abbey Lincoln
Acting • Born 1930-08-06 – Died 2010-08-14
Acting0Chicago, 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.
Filmography
17 credits
For Love of Ivy
Movie • 1968
Ivy Moore
Nothing But a Man
Movie • 1964
Josie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Movie • 2023
Self
Mo' Better Blues
Movie • 1990
Lillian Gilliam
Short Walk to Daylight
Movie • 1972
Dorella
The Girl Can't Help It
Movie • 1956
Herself
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
Movie • 2021
Self (archival footage)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Movie • 2005
Self
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Laura Grant
70 Years of Youth Revolt
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Millie Webster
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Claudia Lee
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self