Abbey Lincoln

Born: 6th of August 1930

Died: 14th of August 2010 (aged 80)

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's Filmography