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