Abbey Lincoln
Known for: Acting
Born: August 6, 1930
Died: August 14, 2010
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
10 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
7.7
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
NR
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
NR
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
7.2
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
NR
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.7
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.8
All in the Family
1971
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
6.2
For Love of Ivy
1968
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.4
Nothing But a Man
1964
6.3
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
7.0
The Oscars
1953