Abbey Lincoln
Birthday: 1930-08-06 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USAAnna 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
1968
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
1964
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
