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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 6, 1930
Died
August 14, 2010
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Anna Marie Wooldridge
- Anna Marie
- Gaby Lee
- Gaby Woolridge
Abbey Lincoln
0.2 Popularity
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
7.6
Self (archive footage)
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
0.0
Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
7.6
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
0.0
Self (archival footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
7.2
Self (archive footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
0.0
Self
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005
6.5
Lillian Gilliam
Mo' Better Blues
1990
6.2
Dorella
Short Walk to Daylight
1972
5.8
Self
Great Performances
1971
7.8
Laura Grant
All in the Family
1971
Credits
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.6
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2023
0.0
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.6
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
0.0
70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.2
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
as Self
2005
0.0
Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
1990
6.5
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
1972
6.2
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
All in the Family
as Laura Grant
1971
7.8
The Name of the Game
as Claudia Lee
1968
6.8
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
1968
5.8
Mission: Impossible
as Millie Webster
1966
7.6
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
1964
7.4
The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
5.6
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0