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
Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
as Self
