Abbey Lincoln

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.205

Gender

Female

Birthday

06-Aug-1930

Age

(96 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As
  • Anna Marie Wooldridge
  • Anna Marie
  • Gaby Lee
  • Gaby Woolridge

Abbey Lincoln

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.


Credits

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023) Character: Self
The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from the Jim Crow to Civil Rights eras, from heady days of post-war jazz to hip hop and beyond.
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln (2005) Character: Self
Abbey is seen a rare 1991 performance at the Promenade Theater in New York. She is at once beautiful, insightful and at the top of her musical gifts. The appearance represents the beginning of a great comeback that has since established her as a legendary jazz vocalist and composer.
Short Walk to Daylight Short Walk to Daylight (1972) Character: Dorella
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) Character: Self (archive footage)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
Mo' Better Blues Mo' Better Blues (1990) Character: Lillian Gilliam
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
How It Feels to Be Free How It Feels to Be Free (2021) Character: Self (archival footage)
Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024) Character: Self (archive footage)
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
The Girl Can't Help It The Girl Can't Help It (1956) Character: Herself
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
For Love of Ivy For Love of Ivy (1968) Character: Ivy Moore
A white family has had the same Black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a change and begins searching for a man to wine and dine her, but who won't marry her, thinking that this will distract her from her plans. The man he finds doesn't entirely cooperate.
Nothing But a Man Nothing But a Man (1964) Character: Josie
A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.



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