Abbey Lincoln
Birthday: 1930-08-06
Deathday: 2010-08-14
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as: Anna Marie Wooldridge, Anna Marie, Gaby Lee, Gaby Woolridge
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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.