Abbey Lincoln
August 6, 1930 (94 years old) in 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.
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- 2024 · Soundtrack to a Coup d'État as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self
- 2021 · Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self
- 2021 · How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage)
- 2020 · 70 Years of Youth Revolt as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Mo' Better Blues as Lillian Gilliam
- 1972 · Short Walk to Daylight as Dorella
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1971 · All in the Family as Laura Grant
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Claudia Lee
- 1968 · For Love of Ivy as Ivy Moore
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Millie Webster
- 1964 · Nothing But a Man as Josie
- 1956 · The Girl Can't Help It as Herself
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self