Abbey Lincoln
ActingBorn: 1930-08-06Place of Birth: 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
The Oscars
Self
American Playhouse
Josie
The Name of the Game
Claudia Lee
All in the Family
Laura Grant
The Steve Allen Show
Self
Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)