Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln

Acting
8/6/1930 - 8/14/2010

Born in: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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.

Abbey Lincoln - Actor