Actor
Abbey Lincoln
96 years · Chicago, Illinois, USA · 10 films
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.
Best known for
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Lillian Gilliam
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Self (archive footage)
On Hulu
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 · Herself
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Nothing But a Man
1964 · Josie
On Mometu
For Love of Ivy
1968 · Ivy Moore
Filmography 10
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024 · Self (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Self
On Kanopy
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Self (archive footage)
On Hulu
How It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Self (archival footage)
On Kanopy
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
2005 · Self
On Tubi TV
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · Lillian Gilliam
Short Walk to Daylight
1972 · Dorella
For Love of Ivy
1968 · Ivy Moore
Nothing But a Man
1964 · Josie
On Mometu
The Girl Can't Help It
1956 · Herself