Abbey Lincoln
August 6, 1930 (94 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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- 2024 ·Soundtrack to a Coup d'Étatas Self (archive footage)
- 2023 ·Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzesas Self
- 2021 ·Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)as Self
- 2021 ·How It Feels to Be Freeas Self (archival footage)
- 2020 ·70 Years of Youth Revoltas Self (archive footage)
- 1990 ·Mo' Better Bluesas Lillian Gilliam
- 1972 ·Short Walk to Daylightas Dorella
- 1971 ·Great Performancesas Self
- 1971 ·All in the Familyas Laura Grant
- 1968 ·The Name of the Gameas Claudia Lee
- 1968 ·For Love of Ivyas Ivy Moore
- 1966 ·Mission: Impossibleas Millie Webster
- 1964 ·Nothing But a Manas Josie
- 1956 ·The Girl Can't Help Itas Herself
- 1956 ·The Steve Allen Showas Self - Singer
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self