Person
Abbey Lincoln
Acting · 1930–2010 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Self
Mission: Impossible
Millie Webster
American Playhouse
Josie
The Steve Allen Show
Self
All in the Family
Laura Grant
The Oscars
Self
The Name of the Game
Claudia Lee
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
Filmography
- 2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelf
- 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self (archive footage)
- 2021How It Feels to Be FreeSelf (archival footage)
- 202070 Years of Youth RevoltSelf (archive footage)
- 2005Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey LincolnSelf
- 1990Mo' Better BluesLillian Gilliam
- 1982American PlayhouseJosie
- 1972Short Walk to DaylightDorella
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1971All in the FamilyLaura Grant
- 1968The Name of the GameClaudia Lee
- 1968For Love of IvyIvy Moore
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleMillie Webster
- 1964Nothing But a ManJosie
- 1956The Girl Can't Help ItHerself
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf
- 1953The OscarsSelf
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