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
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
as Lillian Gilliam
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
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
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
as Self (archival footage)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
as Self
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln (2005)
as Self