Abbey Lincoln
Acting
August 6, 1930
Died August 14, 2010 (80 years old)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
18
Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
as Self (archive footage)
7.7
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
as Self (archival footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
as Self (archive footage)
7.2
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005
as Self
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Lillian Gilliam
6.5
American Playhouse
1982
as Josie
6.6
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
as Dorella
6.7
All in the Family
1971
as Laura Grant
7.8
Great Performances
1971
as Self
6.1
For Love of Ivy
1968
as Ivy Moore
6.2
The Name of the Game
1968
as Claudia Lee
7
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Millie Webster
7.6
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Josie
7.4
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
as Herself
6.3
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
6.2
The Oscars
1953
as Self
7