Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Known for

Acting

Born

August 6, 1930

Birthplace

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died

August 14, 2010 (aged 80)

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.

Best known work

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021

All in the Family

All in the Family

1971

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953

The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It

1956

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024

Nothing But a Man

Nothing But a Man

1964

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

1968

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 (archive footage)
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2020
70 Years of Youth RevoltTV
as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2005
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
as Self
1990
Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
1982
American PlayhouseTV
as Josie (1 episode)
1972
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
1971
Great PerformancesTV
as Self (1 episode)
1971
All in the FamilyTV
as Laura Grant (1 episode)
1968
The Name of the GameTV
as Claudia Lee (1 episode)
1968
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
1966
Mission: ImpossibleTV
as Millie Webster (1 episode)
1964
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
1956
The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself
1956
The Steve Allen ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
1953
The OscarsTV
as Self (1 episode)