Abbey Lincoln
Born: 1930-08-06
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
The Girl Can't Help It
1956★ 6.2
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023★ 0.0
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021★ 7.6
Mo' Better Blues
1990★ 6.5
Short Walk to Daylight
1972★ 6.2
Nothing But a Man
1964★ 7.4
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024★ 7.6
For Love of Ivy
1968★ 5.8
How It Feels to Be Free
2021★ 0.0
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005★ 0.0