Abbey Lincoln

Born: August 6, 1930
Died: August 14, 2010 (80 years old)
Place 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

★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
★ 7.8
All in the Family
1971
★ 6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
★ 7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
★ 6.3
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
★ 7.7
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024

Filmography

2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 7.7
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesFilm · Self
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Film · Self (archive footage)★ 7.6
2021
How It Feels to Be FreeFilm · Self (archival footage)
2005
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey LincolnFilm · Self
1990
Mo' Better BluesFilm · Lillian Gilliam★ 6.5
1982
American PlayhouseSeries · Josie
1972
Short Walk to DaylightFilm · Dorella
1971
All in the FamilySeries · Laura Grant★ 7.8
1968
The Name of the GameSeries · Claudia Lee
1968
For Love of IvyFilm · Ivy Moore
1966
Mission: ImpossibleSeries · Millie Webster★ 7.6
1964
Nothing But a ManFilm · Josie★ 7.4
1956
The Girl Can't Help ItFilm · Herself★ 6.3