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.