Abbey Lincoln
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 6, 1930
- Died
- August 14, 2010 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Movie · as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Movie · as Self
Mo' Better Blues
Movie · as Lillian Gilliam
American Playhouse
TV · as Josie · 1 ep
Short Walk to Daylight
Movie · as Dorella
All in the Family
TV · as Laura Grant · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
For Love of Ivy
Movie · as Ivy Moore
The Name of the Game
TV · as Claudia Lee · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Millie Webster · 1 ep
Nothing But a Man
Movie · as Josie
The Girl Can't Help It
Movie · as Herself
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep