Cast & creator
Abbey Lincoln
Best known for Great Performances, Mission: Impossible, American Playhouse
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.
Also known as: Anna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee, Gaby Woolridge
10
film credits
8
television credits
18
1953–2024 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (18)
Showing 18 of 18 credits
Great Performances
Self
1971
Mission: Impossible
Millie Webster
1966
American Playhouse
Josie
1982
All in the Family
Laura Grant
1971
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956
The Name of the Game
Claudia Lee
1968
The Oscars
Self
1953
Mo' Better Blues
Lillian Gilliam
1990
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
2021
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Girl Can't Help It
Herself
1956
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
2024
Nothing But a Man
Josie
1964
For Love of Ivy
Ivy Moore
1968
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
2021
Short Walk to Daylight
Dorella
1972
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Self
2023
Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Abbey Lincoln
Self
2005