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Abbey Lincoln

Actor, Additional Credits
Born August 6, 1930Died August 14, 2010 (80 years)
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

  • Nothing But a Man
  • For Love of Ivy
  • Short Walk to Daylight

Abbey Lincoln Filmography

1990
Mo' Better Blues · as Lillian Gilliam
1972
1971
All in the Family (TV Series) · as Laura Grant
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Judge Mabel Palmer
1968
The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Claudia Lee
1968
For Love of Ivy · as Ivy Moore
1966
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Millie Webster
1964
Nothing But a Man · as Josie

2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat · as Self (archive Footage)
2023
2022
Summer of Soul · as Self
2021
Black Woodstock · as Self
2005
2002
Strange Fruit · as Self - Singer And Composer
2001
Jazz (TV Series) · as Self
1976
Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series) · as Self - Performer
1971
Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self
1970
The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Self
1969
The 41st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer
1964
The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self - Jazz Singer
1961
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Vocalist
1956
1956
The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer
1953
The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self

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