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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.
Birth Name
Anna Marie Wooldridge
Born
Wednesday, 06 August 1930
Died
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self | 2023 |
| Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self / Self - Performer | 2021 |
| By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem | Self - Jazz Singer | 2020 |
| Unsung | Self | 2008 |
| Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln | 2005 | |
| Strange Fruit | Self - singer and composer | 2002 |
| Jazz | Self | 2001 |
| Abbey Lincoln: You Gotta Pay the Band | Self | 1993 |
| Smoothie | Self | 1992 |
| Mo' Better Blues | Lillian Gilliam | 1990 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
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| 1969 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
