Abbey Lincoln
Birthday
1930/08/06
Day of death
2010/08/14 (80 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Anna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee, Gaby Woolridge
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.
Acting
(1968) For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
(1964) Nothing But a Man
as Josie
(2023) Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
(1990) Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
(1972) Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
(1956) The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself
(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)
(2024) Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) All in the Family
as Laura Grant
(2020) 70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Millie Webster
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Claudia Lee
(1971) Great Performances
as Self