Acting
Abbey Lincoln
1930 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 films
Bio
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
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
The Girl Can't Help It
Herself
Nothing But a Man
Josie
For Love of Ivy
Ivy Moore
Short Walk to Daylight
Dorella
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Self
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)