5.8
Great Performances
1971· TV Series
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
August 6, 1930(80)
Day of Death
August 14, 2010
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Anna Marie WooldridgeAnna MarieGaby LeeGaby Woolridge
Abbey Lincoln
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
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966· TV Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
1968· TV Series
7.0
The Oscars
1953· TV Series
7.8
All in the Family
1971· TV Series
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
1956· TV Series
7.2
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020· TV Series
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
7.6
7.8
6.2
7.4
Filmography
- 2024MovieSoundtrack to a Coup d'Etatas Self (archive footage)
- 2023MovieMax Roach: The Drum Also Waltzesas Self
- 2021MovieSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)as Self (archive footage)
- 2021MovieHow It Feels to Be Freeas Self (archival footage)
- 2020TV70 Years of Youth Revoltas Self (archive footage)
- 2005MovieGreat Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincolnas Self
- 1990MovieMo' Better Bluesas Lillian Gilliam
- 1972MovieShort Walk to Daylightas Dorella
- 1971TVGreat Performancesas Self
- 1971TVAll in the Familyas Laura Grant
- 1968TVThe Name of the Gameas Claudia Lee
- 1968MovieFor Love of Ivyas Ivy Moore
- 1966TVMission: Impossibleas Millie Webster
- 1964MovieNothing But a Manas Josie
- 1956MovieThe Girl Can't Help Itas Herself
- 1956TVThe Steve Allen Showas Self
- 1953TVThe Oscarsas Self