Abbey Lincoln
Born: 1930-08-06
• 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.
Filmography
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
How It Feels to Be Free
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Mo' Better Blues
Short Walk to Daylight
For Love of Ivy
Nothing But a Man
The Girl Can't Help It