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