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