
Abbey Lincoln
Acting
10
Movies
7
TV Shows
17
Credits
About
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.

Abbey Lincoln
Acting
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.

Great Performances

Mission: Impossible

The Name of the Game

All in the Family

The Oscars

The Steve Allen Show

70 Years of Youth Revolt

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

Mo' Better Blues

The Girl Can't Help It

Nothing But a Man

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

For Love of Ivy

How It Feels to Be Free

Short Walk to Daylight

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln