Abbey Lincoln

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1930-08-06

Deathday 2010-08-14 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As Anna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee, Gaby Woolridge

Abbey Lincoln

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.

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