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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 out of delivering deeply felt presentations of standards, as well as writing and singing her own material.
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Awards & recognition
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame · 1975
- NEA Jazz Masters
Filmography10 titles
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024as Self (archive footage)
2024as Self (archive footage)
All in the Family
1971as Laura Grant
1971as Laura Grant
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021as Self (archive footage)
2021as Self (archive footage)
Mission: Impossible
1966as Millie Webster
1966as Millie Webster
Nothing But a Man
1964as Josie
1964as Josie
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020as Self (archive footage)
2020as Self (archive footage)
Mo' Better Blues
1990as Lillian Gilliam
1990as Lillian Gilliam
Great Performances
1971as Self
1971as Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023as Self
2023as Self
How It Feels to Be Free
2021as Self (archival footage)
2021as Self (archival footage)