Abbey Lincoln
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
Notable Roles
For Love of Ivy
Nothing But a Man
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Mo' Better Blues
Short Walk to Daylight
The Girl Can't Help It
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
How It Feels to Be Free
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
All in the Family
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Mission: Impossible
The Steve Allen Show
The Oscars
The Name of the Game