Acting
Community Rating
6.8
TMDB estimate
Born
August 6, 1930
Died
August 14, 2010 (age 80)
Born in
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.

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2024

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2023

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)
2021

70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2020

Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
as Self
2005

Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
1990

Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
1972

Great Performances
as Self
1971

All in the Family
as Laura Grant
1971

The Name of the Game
as Claudia Lee
1968

For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
1968

Mission: Impossible
as Millie Webster
1966

Nothing But a Man
as Josie
1964

The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself
1956

The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956

The Oscars
as Self
1953