Abbey Lincoln
Acting
17 credits
Birthday
Aug 06, 1930
Day of Death
Aug 14, 2010 (80 years)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Movies (10)
Movie
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Movie
7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Movie
6.2
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
Movie
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Movie
7.7
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
Movie
6.2
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
Movie
7.5
Nothing But a Man
1964
Movie
5.8
For Love of Ivy
1968
Movie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
Movie
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005