Actor

Abbey Lincoln

Birthday: August 6, 1930

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.

Movie Credits

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 94
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023) as Self
Age: 92
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 90
How It Feels to Be Free (2021) as Self (archival footage)
Age: 90
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln (2005) as Self
Age: 74
Mo' Better Blues (1990) as Lillian Gilliam
Age: 59
Short Walk to Daylight (1972) as Dorella
Age: 42
For Love of Ivy (1968) as Ivy Moore
Age: 37
Nothing But a Man (1964) as Josie
Age: 34
The Girl Can't Help It (1956) as Herself
Age: 26