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Actor
Abbey Lincoln
- Born August 6, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died August 14, 2010
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
Mission: Impossible1966
Mo' Better Blues1990
All in the Family1971
Nothing But a Man1964
The Name of the Game1968
For Love of Ivy1968
American Playhouse1982
Short Walk to Daylight1972
Filmography
- 2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesFilmSelf
- 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021How It Feels to Be FreeFilmSelf (archival footage)
- 202070 Years of Youth RevoltSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2005Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey LincolnFilmSelf
- 1990Mo' Better BluesFilmLillian Gilliam
- 1982American PlayhouseSeriesJosie
- 1972Short Walk to DaylightFilmDorella
- 1971All in the FamilySeriesLaura Grant
- 1971Great PerformancesSeriesSelf
- 1968The Name of the GameSeriesClaudia Lee
- 1968For Love of IvyFilmIvy Moore
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleSeriesMillie Webster
- 1964Nothing But a ManFilmJosie
- 1956The Girl Can't Help ItFilmHerself
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSeriesSelf
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf