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Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Birthday: 1930-08-06 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
How It Feels to Be Free

as    Self (archival footage)

1968
For Love of Ivy

as    Ivy Moore