Abbey Lincoln
- Born
- 6 August 1930 (80 years old)
- Died
- 14 August 2010
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Gender
- Female
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.
