Abbey Lincoln
Born: 1930-08-06 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2010-08-14
Known For: Acting
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
2024
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes as Self
2021
- How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage)
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self
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
- All in the Family as Laura Grant
1968
- The Name of the Game as Claudia Lee
- For Love of Ivy as Ivy Moore
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Millie Webster
1964
- Nothing But a Man as Josie
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer
- The Girl Can't Help It as Herself
1953
- The Oscars as Self