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Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

ActingBorn: August 6, 1930in Chicago, Illinois, USADied: August 14, 2010

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.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

2023Documentary

as Self

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

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

as Self (archive footage)

How It Feels to Be Free

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

How It Feels to Be Free

2021Documentary

as Self (archival footage)

70 Years of Youth Revolt

70 Years of Youth Revolt

2020Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln

Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln

as Self

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

as Lillian Gilliam

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

as Josie

Short Walk to Daylight

Short Walk to Daylight

as Dorella

Great Performances

Great Performances

as Self

All in the Family

All in the Family

as Laura Grant

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

as Claudia Lee

For Love of Ivy

For Love of Ivy

as Ivy Moore

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

as Millie Webster

Nothing But a Man

Nothing But a Man

as Josie

The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

as Herself

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

as Self

The Oscars

The Oscars

as Self