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.

Known For

Mission: Impossible Not in library

Mission: Impossible

1966

Mo' Better Blues Not in library

Mo' Better Blues

1990

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

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

2021

All in the Family Not in library

All in the Family

1971

The Oscars Not in library

The Oscars

1953

The Girl Can't Help It Not in library

The Girl Can't Help It

1956

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024

Nothing But a Man Not in library

Nothing But a Man

1964

Great Performances Not in library

Great Performances

1971

The Name of the Game Not in library

The Name of the Game

1968

Acting

2024 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat as Self (archive footage) In Library
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) (1 episode)
2005 Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln as Self
1990 Mo' Better Blues as Lillian Gilliam
1972 Short Walk to Daylight as Dorella
1971 All in the Family as Laura Grant (1 episode)
1971 Great Performances as Self (1 episode)
1968 For Love of Ivy as Ivy Moore
1968 The Name of the Game as Claudia Lee (1 episode)
1966 Mission: Impossible as Millie Webster (1 episode)
1964 Nothing But a Man as Josie
1956 The Girl Can't Help It as Herself
1956 The Steve Allen Show as Self (1 episode)
1953 The Oscars as Self (1 episode)