Abbey Lincoln
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
- Great Performances (1971)
- Mission: Impossible (1966)
- American Playhouse (1982)
- All in the Family (1971)
- The Steve Allen Show (1956)
- The Name of the Game (1968)
- The Oscars (1953)
- Mo' Better Blues (1990)
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
- The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
- Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
- 70 Years of Youth Revolt (2020)
- Nothing But a Man (1964)
- For Love of Ivy (1968)
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
- Short Walk to Daylight (1972)
- How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
- Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln (2005)