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Abbey Lincoln

Born: 1930-08-06

From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

About: 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.

Film credits:

For Love of Ivy
Ivy Moore
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Nothing But a Man
Josie
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
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Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
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Short Walk to Daylight
Dorella
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The Girl Can't Help It
Herself
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self
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How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
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Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Self
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