Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 6, 1930
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Anna Marie Wooldridge
- Anna Marie
- Gaby Lee
- Gaby Woolridge
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 - Movies
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
as Self
