Abbey Lincoln
Acting
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.
TV Shows(7)
Movies(10)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
2024
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
2023
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
2021
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Self
2005
Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
1990
Short Walk to Daylight
Dorella
1972
For Love of Ivy
Ivy Moore
1968
Nothing But a Man
Josie
1964
The Girl Can't Help It
Herself
1956