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