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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Abbey Lincoln
Filmography
Acting (10)
2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etatas Self (archive footage)
7.7
2023
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)as Self (archive footage)
7.6
2021
How It Feels to Be Freeas Self (archival footage)
1990
Mo' Better Bluesas Lillian Gilliam
6.5
1972
Short Walk to Daylightas Dorella
6.7
1968
For Love of Ivyas Ivy Moore
6.2
1964
Nothing But a Manas Josie
7.4
1956
The Girl Can't Help Itas Herself
6.3