Personal Info
Birthday
August 6, 1930
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Abbey Lincoln
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.
Acting Filmography (18)
7.7
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Movie2023
7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie2021
0.0
How It Feels to Be Free
Movie2021
7.2
70 Years of Youth Revolt
TV Series2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Movie2005
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
Movie1990
6.6
American Playhouse
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
6.7
Short Walk to Daylight
Movie1972
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
7.8
All in the Family
TV Series1971
7.0
The Name of the Game
TV Series1968
6.2
For Love of Ivy
Movie1968
7.6
Mission: Impossible
TV Series1966
7.4
Nothing But a Man
Movie1964
6.3
The Girl Can't Help It
Movie1956
No Backdrop
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
TV Series1956
7.0
The Oscars
TV Series1953