Abbey Lincoln
Acting
Born August 6, 1930 · 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.
Films (10)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
For Love of Ivy
1968
Nothing But a Man
1964
The Girl Can't Help It
1956