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Abbey Lincoln
ActingBORN: 1930-08-06Chicago, 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.
Top Filmography
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966 // TV
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990 // MOVIE
7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 // MOVIE
7.8
All in the Family
1971 // TV
7.0
The Oscars
1953 // TV
6.2
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 // MOVIE
7.7
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 // MOVIE
7.5
Nothing But a Man
1964 // MOVIE
5.8
Great Performances
1971 // TV
6.8
The Name of the Game
1968 // TV
5.8
For Love of Ivy
1968 // MOVIE
6.2
Short Walk to Daylight
1972 // MOVIE
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
1956 // TV
7.2
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020 // TV
0.0
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 // MOVIE