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

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024 ⭐ 7.8

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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021 ⭐ 7.6

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Mo' Better Blues

1990 ⭐ 6.5

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Short Walk to Daylight

1972 ⭐ 6.7

Career timeline

2024

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Notable

Self (archive footage) · 2024

⭐ 7.8

2023

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Self · 2023

2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Notable

Self (archive footage) · 2021

⭐ 7.6

How It Feels to Be Free

Self (archival footage) · 2021

2005

Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln

Self · 2005

1990

Mo' Better Blues

Lillian Gilliam · 1990

⭐ 6.5

1972

Short Walk to Daylight

Dorella · 1972

⭐ 6.7

1968

For Love of Ivy

Ivy Moore · 1968

⭐ 6.2

1964

Nothing But a Man Notable

Josie · 1964

⭐ 7.4

1956

The Girl Can't Help It

Herself · 1956

⭐ 6.3

Frequently appears with

Patrice Lumumba

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

Self (archive footage)

Stevie Wonder

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self - Artist

Chris Rock

Self - Artist

Tony Lawrence

Self - Harlem Cultural Fe

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

Full filmography

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024 ⭐ 7.8

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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

2023

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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021 ⭐ 7.6

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How It Feels to Be Free

2021

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Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln

2005

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Mo' Better Blues

1990 ⭐ 6.5

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Short Walk to Daylight

1972 ⭐ 6.7

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For Love of Ivy

1968 ⭐ 6.2

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Nothing But a Man

1964 ⭐ 7.4

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The Girl Can't Help It

1956 ⭐ 6.3