Abbey Lincoln

Birthday: 8/6/1930
Deathday: 8/14/2010
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Anna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee, Gaby Woolridge

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.