About:
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.

• Known For
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  For Love of Ivy
  as
  Ivy Moore
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  Nothing But a Man
  as
  Josie
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  Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
  as
  Self
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  Mo' Better Blues
  as
  Lillian Gilliam
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  Short Walk to Daylight
  as
  Dorella