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.
Filmography
Great Performances
Mission: Impossible
All in the Family
The Name of the Game
The Oscars
The Steve Allen Show
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Mo' Better Blues
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
The Girl Can't Help It
Nothing But a Man
Short Walk to Daylight
For Love of Ivy
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
How It Feels to Be Free
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln