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