Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

8/6/1930 – 8/14/2010Chicago, 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 (18 titles)

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat7.7Movie

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Self (archive footage) · 2024

Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesMovie

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Self · 2023

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)7.6Movie

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Self (archive footage) · 2021

How It Feels to Be FreeMovie

How It Feels to Be Free

Self (archival footage) · 2021

70 Years of Youth Revolt7.2Show

70 Years of Youth Revolt

Self (archive footage) · 2020

Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey LincolnMovie

Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln

Self · 2005

Mo' Better Blues6.5Movie

Mo' Better Blues

Lillian Gilliam · 1990

American Playhouse6.6Show

American Playhouse

Josie · 1982

Short Walk to Daylight6.7Movie

Short Walk to Daylight

Dorella · 1972

Great Performances6.1Show

Great Performances

Self · 1971

All in the Family7.8Show

All in the Family

Laura Grant · 1971

The Name of the Game7.0Show

The Name of the Game

Claudia Lee · 1968

For Love of Ivy6.2Movie

For Love of Ivy

Ivy Moore · 1968

Mission: Impossible7.6Show

Mission: Impossible

Millie Webster · 1966

Nothing But a Man7.4Movie

Nothing But a Man

Josie · 1964

The Girl Can't Help It6.3Movie

The Girl Can't Help It

Herself · 1956

The Steve Allen Show6.2Show

The Steve Allen Show

Self · 1956

The Oscars7.0Show

The Oscars

Self · 1953