Abbey Lincoln
Acting Born Aug 6, 1930 Chicago, Illinois, USA 17 credits
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 material.
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Full filmography
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Millie Webster
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Claudia Lee
- All in the Family (1971) as Laura Grant
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self
- Mo' Better Blues (1990) as Lillian Gilliam
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- 70 Years of Youth Revolt (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Nothing But a Man (1964) as Josie
- The Girl Can't Help It (1956) as Herself
- For Love of Ivy (1968) as Ivy Moore
- Short Walk to Daylight (1972) as Dorella
- How It Feels to Be Free (2021) as Self (archival footage)
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023) as Self
- Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln (2005) as Self