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
1994
American Playhouse
1984
Mission: Impossible
1971
The Name of the Game
1968
All in the Family
1978
The Steve Allen Show
1957
The Oscars
1969
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
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

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
18
2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
as Self
1994
Great Performances
as Self
1990
Mo' Better Blues
as Lillian Gilliam
1984
American Playhouse
as Josie
1978
All in the Family
as Laura Grant
1972
Short Walk to Daylight
as Dorella
1971
Mission: Impossible
as Millie Webster
1969
The Oscars
as Self
1968
For Love of Ivy
as Ivy Moore
1968
The Name of the Game
as Claudia Lee
1964
Nothing But a Man
as Josie
1957
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
The Girl Can't Help It
as Herself