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