Abbey Lincoln photo

Abbey Lincoln

Acting

  • Born
  • August 6, 1930
  • Died
  • August 14, 2010
  • Place of birth
  • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

As actor 18

Great Performances poster
Great Performances
1971
Mission: Impossible poster
Mission: Impossible
1966
American Playhouse poster
American Playhouse
1982
All in the Family poster
All in the Family
1971
The Name of the Game poster
The Name of the Game
1968
The Steve Allen Show poster
The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Oscars poster
The Oscars
1953
Mo' Better Blues poster
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) poster
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat poster
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
The Girl Can't Help It poster
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
70 Years of Youth Revolt poster
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
Nothing But a Man poster
Nothing But a Man
1964
Short Walk to Daylight poster
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
For Love of Ivy poster
For Love of Ivy
1968
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes poster
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
How It Feels to Be Free poster
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln poster
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005