Abbey Lincoln

Acting

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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

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

Credits

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
as Lillian Gilliam
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
as Herself
Nothing But a Man (1964)
as Josie
For Love of Ivy (1968)
as Ivy Moore
Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
as Dorella
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
as Self
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
as Self (archival footage)
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln (2005)
as Self