Abbey Lincoln
Born
August 06, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
August 14, 2010
Popularity
0.2684
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.