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BornAugust 6, 1930
DiedAugust 14, 2010 (age 80)
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Film credits10
Abbey Lincoln
DeceasedKnown for Acting
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.
Filmography
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
as Self (archival footage)
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005
as Self
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Lillian Gilliam
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
as Dorella
For Love of Ivy
1968
as Ivy Moore
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Josie
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
as Herself