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.

Filmography

• 1990Mo' Better Blues — Lillian Gilliam
• American Playhouse — Josie
• 1972Short Walk to Daylight — Dorella
• All in the Family — Laura Grant
• 1968For Love of Ivy — Ivy Moore
• The Name of the Game — Claudia Lee
• Mission: Impossible — Millie Webster
• 1964Nothing But a Man — Josie

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes — Self
• 2021How It Feels to Be Free — Self (archival footage)
• 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self (archive footage)
• 70 Years of Youth Revolt — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• 1956The Girl Can't Help It — Herself
• The Steve Allen Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self