Abbey Lincoln

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

17

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-08-06

Day of death

2010-08-14 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Abbey Lincoln

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.

Known For

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • All in the Family

    All in the Family

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • How It Feels to Be Free

    How It Feels to Be Free

  • Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

  • Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues

  • For Love of Ivy

    For Love of Ivy

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

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

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

  • 70 Years of Youth Revolt

    70 Years of Youth Revolt

  • The Girl Can't Help It

    The Girl Can't Help It

  • Nothing But a Man

    Nothing But a Man

  • Short Walk to Daylight

    Short Walk to Daylight

  • Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln

    Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln