Acting
Abbey Lincoln
1930-2010
Known for Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Nothing But a Man, Mo' Better Blues.
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Born08/06/1930
Died08/14/2010
AgeDied at 80
BirthplaceChicago, Illinois, USA
DepartmentActing
Also known asAnna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee, Gaby Woolridge
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.
