Abbey Lincoln
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
August 6, 1930Deathday
August 14, 2010Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
9Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USAAlso known as
Anna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee, Gaby Woolridge
Cast credits
For Love of Ivy
Ivy Moore
Nothing But a Man
Josie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
Short Walk to Daylight
Dorella
The Girl Can't Help It
Herself
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Self (archive footage)Images
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