Abbey Lincoln
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.
Known For
Mission: Impossible
Great Performances
The Oscars
The Name of the Game
All in the Family
The Steve Allen Show
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
All Movies (10)
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat2024 · as Self (archive footage)
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes2023 · as Self
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 · as Self (archive footage)
- How It Feels to Be Free2021 · as Self (archival footage)
- Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln2005 · as Self
- Mo' Better Blues1990 · as Lillian Gilliam
- Short Walk to Daylight1972 · as Dorella
- For Love of Ivy1968 · as Ivy Moore
- Nothing But a Man1964 · as Josie
- The Girl Can't Help It1956 · as Herself
All TV Shows (7)
- 70 Years of Youth Revolt2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- Great Performances1971 · as Self
- All in the Family1971 · as Laura Grant
- The Name of the Game1968 · as Claudia Lee
- Mission: Impossible1966 · as Millie Webster
- The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self