Abbey Lincoln

Personal Info

Birthday

August 6, 1930

Day of Death

2010-08-14

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Anna Marie Wooldridge

Anna Marie

Gaby Lee

Gaby Woolridge

Abbey Lincoln

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

Mission: Impossible

All in the Family

The Name of the Game

Mo' Better Blues

For Love of Ivy

Nothing But a Man

Short Walk to Daylight

Filmography

2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
1990
Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
1972
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
1968
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
1964
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
1956
The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself