Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
August 6, 1930
Died
August 14, 2010 (80 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.
Known For
Acting
7.6
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
5.8
Great Performances
1971
7.8
All in the Family
1971
6.8
The Name of the Game
1968
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.4
Nothing But a Man
1964
6.2
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
7.0
The Oscars
1953