Abbey Lincoln
Acting
August 6, 1930 — August 14, 2010Chicago, 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
2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
2021How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
2005Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Self
1990Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
1972Short Walk to Daylight
Dorella
1968For Love of Ivy
Ivy Moore
1964Nothing But a Man
Josie
1956The Girl Can't Help It
Herself