Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln (80)

1930-08-06 - 2010-08-14 | Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

On Movies

  • Mo' Better Blues
  • Short Walk to Daylight
  • For Love of Ivy
  • Nothing But a Man
  • The Girl Can't Help It

On Series

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