Cast
Abbey Lincoln
Acting
Cast
Abbey Lincoln
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-08-06
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
2010-08-14
Also known as Anna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee
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.
★6.5
MOVIE1990
Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
★7.4
MOVIE1964
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
★7.6
MOVIE2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
★6.2
MOVIE1968
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
★7.7
MOVIE2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1956
The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself
MOVIE2021
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
★6.7
MOVIE1972
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
MOVIE2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
MOVIE2005
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
as Self