
Abbey Lincoln
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

For Love of Ivy
1968

Nothing But a Man
1964

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023

Mo' Better Blues
1990

Short Walk to Daylight
1972

The Girl Can't Help It
1956

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021

How It Feels to Be Free
2021

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024

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

All in the Family
1971

70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020

Mission: Impossible
1966

The Steve Allen Show
1956

The Oscars
1953

The Name of the Game
1968

Great Performances
1971