Abbey Lincoln
Known For
Acting
Born
August 6, 1930
Died
August 14, 2010 (aged 80)
Birthplace
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.
