Abbey Lincoln
Acting·August 6, 1930·† August 14, 2010 — 80 years old·Chicago, Illinois, USA
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: Impossible
1966·7.6
Mo' Better Blues
1990·6.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021·7.6
All in the Family
1971·7.8
The Oscars
1953·7.0
The Girl Can't Help It
1956·6.3
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024·7.7
Nothing But a Man
1964·7.4
Great Performances
1971·6.1
The Name of the Game
1968·7.0
For Love of Ivy
1968·6.2
American Playhouse
1982·6.6
Filmography · 18
2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatSelf (archive footage)2023Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesSelf2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self (archive footage)2021How It Feels to Be FreeSelf (archival footage)202070 Years of Youth RevoltTVSelf (archive footage)2005Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey LincolnSelf1990Mo' Better BluesLillian Gilliam1982American PlayhouseTVJosie1972Short Walk to DaylightDorella1971Great PerformancesTVSelf1971All in the FamilyTVLaura Grant1968The Name of the GameTVClaudia Lee1968For Love of IvyIvy Moore1966Mission: ImpossibleTVMillie Webster1964Nothing But a ManJosie1956The Girl Can't Help ItHerself1956The Steve Allen ShowTVSelf1953The OscarsTVSelf