Abbey Lincoln

Acting

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.

Filmography 18

Movies (10)

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

Shows (8)

70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
Self (archive footage)
American Playhouse
1982
Josie
Great Performances
1971
Self
All in the Family
1971
Laura Grant
The Name of the Game
1968
Claudia Lee
Mission: Impossible
1966
Millie Webster
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Self
The Oscars
1953
Self