08/06/1930
Chicago, Illinois, USA:
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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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023) as Self |
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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How It Feels to Be Free (2021) as Self (archival footage) |
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Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln (2005) as Self |
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Mo' Better Blues (1990) as Lillian Gilliam |
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Short Walk to Daylight (1972) as Dorella |
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For Love of Ivy (1968) as Ivy Moore |
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Nothing But a Man (1964) as Josie |
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The Girl Can't Help It (1956) as Herself |