Abbey Lincoln
Acting
Born August 6, 1930 — Died August 14, 2010
From Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Anna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee
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 materi...
Filmography
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
20247.7
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
2023
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
20217.6
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
2021
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Self
2005
Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
19906.5
Short Walk to Daylight
Dorella
19726.7
For Love of Ivy
Ivy Moore
19686.2
Nothing But a Man
Josie
19647.4
The Girl Can't Help It
Herself
19566.3