Acting

Abbey Lincoln

Born 1930-08-06 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died 2010-08-14

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.

Credits

Newest first

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2023
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
as Self
2005
Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
1990
American Playhouse
as Josie
1982
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
1972
Great Performances
as Self
1971
All in the Family
as Laura Grant
1971
The Name of the Game
as Claudia Lee
1968
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
1968
Mission: Impossible
as Millie Webster
1966
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
1964
The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
The Oscars
as Self
1953