Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

  • Birthday: 1930-08-06
  • Deathday: 2010-08-14
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Also know as: Anna Marie Wooldridge

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

How It Feels to Be Free

2021

As Self (archival footage)

For Love of Ivy

1968

As Ivy Moore

Nothing But a Man

1964

As Josie

Short Walk to Daylight

1972

As Dorella

The Girl Can't Help It

1956

As Herself

Mo' Better Blues

1990

As Lillian Gilliam

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