Skip to content
balasaur
Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Actor · 1930–2010 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

IMDb

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.

Acted in 8

1970s

  1. 1972

    Short Walk to Daylight

    Dorella

  2. 1971

    All in the Family

    Laura Grant · 1 episode

    82
Appearances10

2020s

  1. 2024

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    Self (archive footage)

    85
  2. 2023

    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

    Self

  3. 2021

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Self (archive footage)

    87

  4. How It Feels to Be Free

    Self (archival footage)

  5. 2020

    70 Years of Youth Revolt

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode